If TikTok doomscrolling wasn’t bad enough, it now serves an emoji game in DMs

As if endless scrolling wasn’t bad enough already, TikTok has now quietly added a hidden emoji game inside DMs. The mini-game is live right now and works in both one-on-one messages and group chats. It means the app now has one more little trick to keep users hanging around even when they are technically done watching videos.

And honestly, it is exactly the kind of feature you would expect from a platform that has mastered years of mastering the art of making “just five more minutes” turn into an hour.

What’s the game, and why you should be wary

The game kicks off when you send a single emoji in a chat. If you tap on this emoji, your chosen emoji becomes part of the game itself, floating across the screen to give you a speed boost

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