In recent years, Romanians have started to spend more and more time on social networks. The new fashion that has taken the whole world by storm is TikTok, a platform that attracts young people like a magnet.
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A report prepared by Datareportar.com shows that, in Romania, this application has reached 7.58 million users who are over 18 years old.
Job of the future or online begging?
Many times, those who start using this application try to earn extra income with the help of the content they share online. Thus, the fashion for live performances has gained momentum at the national level.
Users, who film themselves in all sorts of poses, are willing to do more and more bizarre challenges in order to receive donations, in the form of virtual gifts, from followers.
Thus, on the Romanian TikTok we can find people willing to take an ice bath, destroy a car or even throw themselves into the water, from a bridge, in exchange for more substantial gifts, which can be turned into real money.
Categorized by many as “online beggars”, the creators of content on TikTok also have a lot of supporters, managing to form real communities, which even have hundreds of thousands of people.
What do psychologists say about the new fashion?
Even though there are people who manage to earn considerable amounts of money using this application, psychologists claim that this habit is not a healthy one, especially for children who can be influenced very easily.
“We cannot categorize this as necessarily work. There are people who have gone viral, who have something special and who are followed by a lot of people. However, often these people are not the best examples, especially for young people. Children are encouraged to sit idly by, to believe that money can only be obtained with a mobile phone. But, it's not healthy. And this activity can be extremely demanding but also unsafe. Basically, if this platform shuts down tomorrow, what will all these people do? It is good that young people do not neglect school and imagine that they will become rich overnight from TikTok“, said the psychologist Andreea Coman.
