Viral status: Student-organized TikTok competitions create community | Illinois State University
What started as a “joke of an idea” for freshman business administration major Tyler Miller and his friends has gone viral. Each Wednesday, Miller hosts a weekly competition on Illinois State University’s Quad promoted and shared through his TikTok channel.What started as a “joke of an idea” for freshman business administration major Tyler Miller and his friends has gone viral. Each Wednesday, Miller hosts a weekly competition on Illinois State University’s Quad promoted and shared through his TikTok channel. In two months, 12 competition videos have received more than 2.1 million total views.Miller’s TikTok competitions can be watched on his TikTok account: @Teemilly21, and competition updates can be found on the public ISU Snapchat stories.Read more: https://newsevents.illinoisstate.edu/news/2024/10/video-viral-student-organized-tiktok-competitions-create-community/
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