How to pronounce“booktok”in English

Uh >> Matt loves BookTok. >> I I've I've I made a foray into BookTok for this podcast and I I I didn't like what I saw.

performative section of BookTok. I would also say there's like an uber nerdy version of BookTok as well, which is like people who are obsessed like

been incredibly popular on BookTok but with a very niche audience if that's the right word like a a very committed but small

the idea of this BookTok being a kind of community of creators who are all in it

many of the BookTokers who were upset about this this to them represented BookTok becoming more capitalist.

This trademark caused so much outrage among BookTok users because Ali didn't come up with the phrase at all.

also going to be talking about some toxicity on BookTok.

right, like lots of BookTok influencers are selling merchandise.

also, BookTok thrives because big book big farm.

really banded together, but BookTok usually is not unified.

who reacted quite positively to the video was the BookTok influencer who we were talking about before, Chloe Palmieri.

post-authenticity era of social media which is what made BookTok good originally.

I I even saw someone recommending like having a cute outfit to read in on BookTok.

Right, cuz this is the other thing about BookTok cuz it's there's a performative element, which is a competitive element of how many books

So this BookTok influencer trademarked the phrase hot girls read for its use on what like t-shirts and

Um and to get more to get more answers about what has been going on with the scandal on BookTok, uh we did speak to a BookTok creator uh

>> As I mentioned, BookTok is kind of known for people getting in quite heated debates with one another.

Do you frequent BookTok then?

>> So BookTok is what we would consider

And BookTok has so often been cited as like one of the positive things about TikTok.

If you can get on BookTok, like the the reach and influence you can have, like

Is getting your book on BookTok.

And I And I think it's worth noting that that kind of micro influencer culture that exists around BookTok because that helps us to

notebooks and >> Yeah, so the issue is is that it's actually a phrase that has become pretty sort of prevalent on BookTok people use

Like the the whole kind of the whole thing about BookTok is like we're

She sent us some voice notes, and this was her explanation of why the whole trademark thing has caused such aggro on BookTok.

Um and on this issue, Chloe actually says that BookTok have been pretty united in

we're saying that hot girl summer is a Megan Thee Stallion thing, then another argument that's been made by some people on BookTok is, oh hang on a second, is