I have recently joined a discord server with a lot of Tik Tok lifters. This surprised me since I got the link from Peach. The liftblr community has often shit on Tik Tok lifters, or "borrowers" in the past. The reason for this is that this community on liftblr has been pretty small and secretive for awhile now, and seeing people openly expose some of our techniques on a public and very popular platform for anyone to see, feels dangerous to us. Loss prevention people can, will, and do see these Tik Toks. Most Tik Tok lifters are also very new to the game, 6 months in or less. I have been lifting for over 4 years, I've only been caught once. I've been a member of the liftblr community for all that time. Therefore I think I have a little seniority and experience to be talking about these things. First order of business:
Tik Tok is NOT safe. It's much more exposed than the liftblr community. In fact, it's almost impossible to simply "stumble upon" the liftblr community in the way that a lot of people are when it comes to borrowing Tik Tok. Liftblr has actually been actively working against borrowing Tik Tok for this reason and others, but it seems we have failed. Please do not start a borrowing Tik Tok, and if you have one, delete it. Make a blog here, it's safer.
There is SO MUCH misinformation on borrowing Tik Tok. I've seen things on there that make me want to scream, like one video telling people that Target is an easy store. If you've been on liftblr you'd know that Target is one of the harder stores, their LP is crazy, and beginners should absolutely not be told that Target is some kind of free for all. Liftblr is years ahead of borrowing Tik Tok, there are countless posts with tips on specific stores, caught stories, etc etc. It's a wealth of information that has been proven accurate over time by all of us.
These are the two main reasons that borrowing Tik Tok is just Not It for lifters. I am really excited about the influx of interest in lifting and maybe welcoming more people into our community, which has been on the decline since 2017 or so. But please heed my warnings, new lifters, we've been around for years and Tik Tok is just not a safe platform to be discussing this stuff on.
If you're going to join the Liftblr community, here are the ground rules
DO NOT expose us on Tik Tok. We don't need an influx of trolls and loss prevention over here.
DO NOT use tags. No hashtag shoplifting, hashtag borrowing, hashtag whatever. The fact that we don't use tags makes us harder to find, which is a GOOD thing.
Research first. Do your research on liftblr before you get out in the field. It's a beautiful rabbit hole to fall down, and all the research I did was why I avoided being caught for so long.
This is just the basics. I'm glad to see people from Tik Tok coming over to liftblr because that means they are now getting their information from a more reliable source, and being active in a safer and more private setting. But please, Tik Tok is not it. Join liftblr instead.
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