TikTokers are sharing strangers’ conversations, hoping to expose gossipers to the very people they’re talking about. Is the humiliation worth it?
Marissa Meizz was out to dinner with a friend when her phone started vibrating. It was an unusually frenzied buzz, unresponsive to the silence button – a flood of texts from friends, acquaintances and even an “offline” aunt all linking to a TikTok video titled “Send this to Marissa in NYC”.
She froze. Then she started watching.
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