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The Comments Are Now the Best Part of TikTok
Why everyone is “running” to the comments.
In the past year or so, TikTok has seen an extraordinary rise. It has become known for its endless stream of hilarious, shocking, and creative videos, most under 15 seconds. But there’s another part of TikTok that’s perhaps even more magical, funny, and edgy than the TikToks themselves — and that is the comment section.
Comments are a part of many different social media platforms — Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube all use the feature in some way. But on TikTok, whether it’s due to the anonymity or spontaneity of the platform — or something else altogether— comment sections are taken to a whole new level.
Take one recent TikTok comment trend: the fairy comments. These comments start out sweet, and use cutesy, seemingly endearing emojis: 👑 , 🙈, 💞, ✨, 😍, 🦋, 🌱, and of course, 🧚♀️ and 🧚♂️. But then they take a sharp turn. Here are just a few of these comments:
If you’re not familiar with TikTok, these seem brutally mean. However, they aren’t really meant to be taken seriously, but rather, to be sarcastic and surprising (of course…
