We have a relative that is in very poor health and older. We cannot get our minds around how they tipped this creator who is simply just a good looking person with some silly videos TWENTY THOUSAND dollars!!! We initially thought $10k but it turned out to be $20k. I've been researching it and gifting can become an addiction. The gifter gets addicted to feeling special, chosen, powerful, and being called out on the tik tok live. They may also be chatting with the creator which then makes them feel special and fills a loneliness void. In our relative's case, they began to think that this creator was romantically interested in them. The creator is much younger and sorry but just no. Our relative and this creator would never be a romantic match in a million years. Sadly, relative is very sickly looking at this point and disabled.
It is truly bizarre to me that people get addicted to this and can end up giving huge sums to these people. They are getting nothing out of it and it is so obvious to everyone else that the creator is only giving them attention to keep the gifts rolling in.
Our relative gave the creator 6 lions, a Zeuss, and a TikTok Universe in just one battle. They have done this during NUMEROUS battles at this point. It is absolutely insane.