Kids turned NPR Spotify comments into secret group chat
The gist
NPR staffers found gibberish Spotify comments on a Wild Card episode and a Gen Z colleague identified them as kids.
The kids used podcast comment sections as a group chat.
How it unfolded
- date unknownDave Blanchard, producer of Wild Card, saw activity on Spotify comments for an episode with Elizabeth Gilbert and looked at them.
- date unknownBlanchard found gibberish comments from different accounts that seemed to interact, and he deleted the posts.
- date unknownA new comment appeared saying 'so it deleted my com,' which Blanchard felt was not bot-like.