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If, like most of us, you just can't stop scrolling through TikTok each and every day, this might be the perfect job for you.
One company is offering to pay you $50 an hour, just for watching hours of TikTok videos and selecting your favorite ones—something most of us do free of charge.
In 2021, TikTok became the world's most downloaded app of the year, with more than 1 billion monthly users across the globe. The majority are aged between 18 and 24, with reports showing they make up 43.7 percent of the app's users.
The app, and other social-media platforms like it, however, have of course been described as addictive.
University of Southern California professor and author Dr. Julie Albright told Forbes magazine that there are similarities between apps like TikTok and Las Vegas slot machines—sometimes your next video is something you like and sometimes it's not, but the only way to find out is keep scrolling.
Ubiquitous Influence, an influencer marketing platform, is hoping to pay the successful applicant $600 for watching 12 hours of TikTok videos, plus a welcome package to help you along in your session.
The welcome package will include a $50 Uber Eats gift card, a $50 Target gift card, a flexible cellphone holder and a 12-inch right light and tripod.
Luckily, Ubiquitous Influence isn't asking anyone to do the full 12 hours in one binge, but over the space of three days, making it a little less guilt-inducing.
To apply, you have to be over 18 and simply love TikTok. Ubiquitous Influence also says the applicant will ideally have an active social-media presence already.
Ubiquitous Influence senior director of growth Jeremy Boudinet said in a press release: "Absolutely anyone can apply as long as they have an account on the app.
"We're not looking for an expert or a TikTok connoisseur. We're just looking for someone who uses the app fairly frequently and has an active social-media presence of their own."
Applications are open now and will stay open until October 31. To apply, use this link and send off 100 to 200 words on why you should get this dream role.
The job is a part of a recent and growing trend of quirky roles that offer a salary for doing things you likely already do, including drinking pumpkin spiced lattes and watching holiday movies.
In August, a loungewear brand offered a $350 payout to someone willing to try different fall drinks from various coffee chains.
Another company promised to pay $45,000 a year to watch reality TV shows about dating.
