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She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction. (www.businessinsider.com)
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She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction.::Cindi White spent more than $25,000 on TikTok Influencers. TikTok's Live Matches have a dark side.

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[โ€“] Dizzirron@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fool = Easily parted money

[โ€“] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Systems like this are intentionally designed to manipulate people into spending money