They state that TikTok deleted most of the videos, and then says which makes forensic work difficult. I’d say that it makes it impossible to see how widespread this was. That’s not well researched…

At least tiktok deletes these, unlike, say Xitter

Great point, instead of attempting to use the evidence we do have to make inferences about the reach of this as a supposed trending meme, let's just go with vibes instead.

Like this statement just reeks of “trust me bro”. And I’m not saying they’re incorrect, they may be 100% spot on, but I would not call the research they reference as anything but subjective opinions based on information that is stated to be manipulated as it is.