If TikTok existed in 1980, my prom would’ve gone viral

Social media has transformed the American prom. Today’s teens have grown up with smartphones and TikTok, where the real event isn’t the prom itself — it’s the content they edit and post afterward. My prom experience surely would have gone viral had TikTok been around in 1980. We arranged a pre-prom meeting at her house to get to know each other. “I heard about you, a regular class cl...

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