‘Ice-cream so good’: how are TikTok creators making money from bizarre gestures and phrases on a loop?
by Rafqa Touma explains it to Jordyn Beazley from Technology | The Guardian on (#6D8TR)
A new trend is seeing some creators impersonating NPCs, or video game characters that aren't controlled by players
Rafqa, I tend not to overthink TikTok trends too much. Really I'm just scrolling to watch food videos. But I saw a video of a girl acting like a video game character in a loop, and the absurdity got me curious. What on earth are TikTok users doing?
I'm not surprised this one sucked you in. So, creators are streaming to their followers on the app in real time, pretending to be NPCs - that is non-player video game characters - and their followers are controlling what they say and do, and paying for the privilege.
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