Want to get money while you sleep? Turn on your live stream, get cozy, and sleep. Individuals on TikTok have been live-streaming themselves sleeping for clout and tips. This new one of a kind trend is looked down upon. However, a few users believe it’s quite cool. It has been really fruitful for users since fans have given coins (tips) for their content and enables the profile to gain traction.
This is coming off a trend started by a small user who thought of the idea and didn’t think much out of it till he woke up the next day with almost triple his followers and a nice 100 dollars in tip sitting in his purse. Users believed if they could replicate the content then they would be able to get the same amount of fame. This caught the eyes of multiple news outlets and big pages from Instagram who praised users for the original but weird content.
To read more, click here: : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/style/sleep-tiktok-live.html
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 