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If anything that data point proves that this isn't a trend. I searched "funny elbow" and saw more than 188k views. In other words "fake british accent" is less
by drc500free 3y ago
If anything that data point proves that this isn't a trend. I searched "funny elbow" and saw more than 188k views. In other words "fake british accent" is less of a trend than "funny elbow," which is two random words I put together.
It's interesting how much reporting about TikTok depends completely on the audience having zero exposure to TikTok.
- imwillofficial 3y agoDon’t give them ideas!
- alewi481 3y agoThis reminds me of those trashy articles like the ones Microsoft peddles on their Windows 11 widgets tab. They basically take a few tweets with just a handful of likes and create an entire article around them. The buzz that they are drumming up feels artificial and contrived. And if the author was really lacking in integrity, they could just set up anonymous Twitter accounts and conjure up the posts themselves.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoThat's at least half of what hacker news is now.
- dotancohen 3y agoI disagree, but to give you the benefit of the doubt, I'd love to see examples if you have any.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoWell, that's quite humerus
- bandyaboot 3y agoHey, no puns allowed in this joint.
- d--b 3y agoHe didn’t mean any arm
- dotancohen 3y agoThat's really stretching it. I wouldn't go so far out on a limb.
- nindalf 3y agoI’m so glad we’ve moved on from the journalism of “here’s what 3 or 4 people are talking about on Twitter” to “here are a few videos on TikTok with barely any views starting a massive trend”. Can’t wait for the journalists to fully automate this process with chatGPT.
- JohnClark1337 3y ago[dead]
- o1y32 3y ago[flagged]
- ahahahahah 3y agoBut the data point is just wrong or poorly described. Did you really just test one side (the "funny elbow") and compare it to the possibly very different thing from the article. A search for "fake British accents" brings up multiple videos with >100000 likes each and significantly more such than for funny elbow.
- numtel 3y agoThere's an obvious connection in your two 'random' words: hitting the edge of one's elbow is commonly referred to as the "funny bone."