Last year , Snapchat announced what sounded like a real - life Scrumdiddlyumptious legal community system to lure TikTok users with promises of riches beyond their wild dreams . The companyannouncedthat , in ordering to push its TikTok clone public eye , it would bear out $ 1 million total to creators , every day . The caller provide scant extra details other than you must be 16 or older to qualify , reward are found on a “ proprietary formula ” that equates engagement metric to money , and the telephone number of these beneficiary would be “ many . ” voice like a cozenage to us , but it turns out we just did n’t believe severely enough : months later , Snapchat is paying out .
One 19 - year - sure-enough young humanity has made three million dollars in five weeks , according tothe New York Times .
His debut to fame : “ a science experiment ” with an explode Coke bottleful .
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How does that make us palpate ? What does this kid have that we do n’t ? We must inhabit with these questions now .
The Times has contacted several other Divine who confirmed that they ’ve now sitting on an embarrassment of rich . In just a few month , some Gen Z’ers and young Millennials have made between hundreds of M of buck to over one million from their Spotlight video recording . “ I ’m earning about 100,000 a week on average , ” one 27 - year - old education - focused Snapchatter differentiate the Times . At least one is investing sagely in college tuition .
Though a Snapchat spokesperson tell in an email to Gizmodo that the payouts will continue “ for the foreseeable time to come , ” this is obviously a multi - million - dollar sawbuck race against TikTok , which will terminate .
In other news , degenerate EVERYTHING , depart your job , and make a Snapchat account . impose a local Dollar Store for a airplane propeller that best defines you — I claim balloons , I can work with that — and book naming for a chemical peel and CoolSculpting . Consult a local teenager about what teens are up to . Ask your Quaker to be your mammy when Snapchat scream . If it worked for a few random teen out of Snapchat’s249 million exploiter , why would n’t it operate for , specifically , you ?
Better yet , if you have a stripling of your own , put that kid to work .
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