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Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
TL;DRKids used NPR podcast comments on Spotify as an unauthorized messaging app.
Why it matters: Shows how platform restrictions push young users toward unexpected workarounds, creating moderation challenges for media companies.
Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life, host Ira Glass digs into how the kids landed there and…
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