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Why am I so invested in Alabama sorority TikTok?

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Last week, videos of students hoping to join a sorority at the University of Alabama exploded on TikTok. For You pages were all about girls’ outfits and preferred houses, and for some reason, users could not get enough. Why did we get so caught up in rush week? Vox’s Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxxa) joins Adam Clark Estes to discuss. References: Read Rebecca’s explainer here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) Producer: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza (@ardzes) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.6

Hey, it's Adam.

0:41.7

This is Rico Daily.

0:43.3

Yesterday we covered how TikTok can influence product trends, and today we're diving into

0:47.7

a cultural trend that dominated for you pages last week.

0:58.4

The world recently got some big news.

1:01.9

Emily got a bid from five new.

1:11.8

If you're on TikTok, chances are you were waiting for that update, because last week was

1:15.8

rush week at the University of Alabama, and TikTok turned into rush talk, with videos

1:21.6

from potential new recruits documenting every high and low of the week-long process.

1:26.3

But why did these videos take over TikTok?

1:30.0

Rebecca Jennings is a reporter who covers internet culture for the goods at box.

1:33.2

She recently dug into why Bama Rush videos went viral, and what it says about our society

1:37.9

as a whole.

1:38.9

She joins us now to tell us more.

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