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AFAIK, the kids can only take pics/vids of the pet and the kids post as the pet. There's not a lot of DMs and the like, as it's in the 'voice' of the pet.

Their own pets

The kids are making the pet into a 'brand'

The kids use tiktok and insta as their social media outlets. FB is, as I am told, 'for old people'.

They have followers like any influencer does. Mostly these seem to be bots to me, but of the 'real' humans, they seem to be people that are into cute animals and dumb pet tricks. Especially with the dog, the one kid has gotten it into Frisbee tricks and that seems to have gotten a bit of traction online.



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