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Am I a Boomer if I remember the 'TikTok trend' of vandalizing school bathrooms?
Stupid trends are stupid trends. Kids don't need tik tok to do them, it may spread then faster, but the internet let that cat out of the bag. If it wasn't tik tok spreading them something else would.
To some degree, yes.
But also to some degree, no. TikTok specifically has an algorithm that seems tailored to push these 'trends' and push them hard. And it also very much rewards bandwagoning onto a growing trend ... which provides quite a bit of motivation for impressionable kids, offering them attention in return for doing whatever crazy trend is being pushed this week.