The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR's comment section?
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- Kids used NPR podcast comment sections as a hidden social media platform.
- The 'Wild Card' team initially mistook the comments for bot traffic.
- Gen Z producer Hannah Chin identified them as middle schoolers.
- The kids chose NPR because it had few comments, making it a good hiding spot.
- Host Ira Glass was taken aback by the candid reason.