Sealed With A Tweet: "Makeout Twitter" Trend Is A Sign Of The New Adolescence

On the heels of Mary’s thoughtful post about the increasingly provocative and unprotected “cesspool” that can be social media – “Prostitutes, Pimps And Pedophiles: The Dark Side Of Twitter” – comes news about a Twitter trend in a similar vein.

“Makeout Twitter” accounts are becoming rampant across U.S. colleges, with schools as diverse as Harvard and Louisiana State University promoting student-run Twitter accounts devoted to sharing “creepshots” of intoxicated, lip-locked students.

Even BuzzFeed caught on recently, posting the 16 most popular of the Twitter makeout accounts.

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