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Loneliness Influencer Culture Is Exploding: Inside the Bizarre ‘Solo-Maxxing’ Trend Rebranding Isolation TikTok

Loneliness Influencer Culture Is Exploding: Inside the Bizarre ‘Solo-Maxxing’ Trend Rebranding Isolation

A growing wave of TikTok and Instagram content is reframing loneliness as a lifestyle choice, as the viral 'solo-maxxing' trend gains traction across social platforms where isolation is increasingly presented as a form of self-optimisation rather than absence or emotional struggle. Short-form videos under related themes show creators embracing solitary…
bubmag
June 11, 2026
TikTok is testing voice calls in DMs, because you must talk where you doomscroll TikTok

TikTok is testing voice calls in DMs, because you must talk where you doomscroll

Apparently scrolling, texting, and playing a game in your DMs just wasn't enough. Bryan M. Wolfe / Digital Trends TikTok appears to be testing voice calling inside direct messages, a move that could put the short-video app in more direct competition with instant messaging apps like Messenger and WhatsApp. Jonah…
bubmag
June 11, 2026
Remix! This TikTok account is making covers of Singapore school anthems using AI, Lifestyle News TikTok

Remix! This TikTok account is making covers of Singapore school anthems using AI, Lifestyle News

PUBLISHED ON June 11, 2026 4:36 AM BY Bhavya Rawat A TikTok account is putting a unique spin on school anthems, turning them into covers spanning various genres using AI. Recess Remix posted its first video — a rock cover of the Raffles Institution anthem — on March 11. It…
bubmag
June 11, 2026
“Only for you to…..” TikTok

“Only for you to…..”

‎A Nigerian lady has opened up about her visit to a Lagos club that ended with an unusual discovery. ‎ ‎Identified as @malficient on TikTok, the lady disclosed that she discovered a prison at the club. ‎ ‎Lady Shares Encounter At Club ‎ ‎The now-viral TikTok video shows grown men…
bubmag
June 10, 2026
How TikTok Killed the Outlier AI Hustle TikTok

How TikTok Killed the Outlier AI Hustle

The mass suspension of Nigerian freelancers on the Outlier AI platform proves that clout-chasing is actively ruining economic survival. For months, remote workers quietly bypassed geo-restrictions to earn dollars doing data annotation tasks. The system crumbled when TikTok content creators began posting step-by-step VPN workarounds and screenshots of their payouts…
bubmag
June 10, 2026