The Titanic Submarine TikTok Search

tragedies can be good business on social media.
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ImageCredit...@ahrenfn
By Madison Malone Kircher
This week, like much of the world, I've been obsessed with the Titan submersible, which disappeared during a trip to the wreck of the Titanic with five people inside.
I read reports, watched briefings from the Coast Guard and devoured TikToks from people who worked on submarines and were experts in carbon dioxide scrubbing systems. Yesterday the story reached a grim conclusion: the wreckage on the ocean floor showed evidence of a "catastrophic implosion" with all on board now presumed dead.
The crisis has been full of surprises and twists on social networks. (For example: the son-in-law of one of the passengers is now

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tragedies can be good business on social media.

Image

ImageCredit...@ahrenfn

By Madison Malone Kircher

This week, like much of the world, I've been obsessed with the Titan submersible, which disappeared during a trip to the wreck of the Titanic with five people inside.

I read reports, watched briefings from the Coast Guard and devoured TikToks from people who worked on submarines and were experts in carbon dioxide scrubbing systems. Yesterday the story reached a grim conclusion: the wreckage on the ocean floor showed evidence of a "catastrophic implosion" with all on board now presumed dead.

The crisis has been full of surprises and twists on social networks. (For example: the son-in-law of one of the passengers is now