"I really appreciate the netizens of TikTok, they saved my life."
Recalling what happened, 27-year-old Jade Jules (@bby.jade__) still feels terrified.
She never dreamed that she had inadvertently sent a video on TikTok and finally saved her life.
Jade, a girl who lives alone, went to her house as usual to take out the garbage, but found a strange mark on the lid of the garbage can: "1F".
Puzzled, she took the video and posted it to TikTok.
Unexpectedly, the video attracted more than 1400w+ onlookers, and the message of netizens made her even more confused:
After continuing to read the comments of netizens, the truth made her back a chill.
The so-called "1F" is actually "One Female", which means "a woman living alone".
Enthusiastic TikTok users explained that this is likely to be a "signal" left by some gangsters and other criminal gangs to their peers.
In the message, she was asked to change it to "2M", which was a way to use "Two Man (two men)" to confuse the public.
Frightened and realizing the seriousness of the matter, Jade immediately called the police, who quickly confirmed what the TikTok user had said and advised her to stay elsewhere as much as possible.
Jade then called her mother to pack up with her and temporarily moved out of the house, and heeded the advice of TikTok users and installed a camera in front of her home.
Seeing that Jade was finally safe, TikTok's netizens put their minds at ease, and from time to time left messages asking Jade about the latest situation, which made her very warm.
After this, many TikTok users also began to quote Jade's video, reminding fans around them and calling on more people living alone to be vigilant.
Many people are under the impression that TikTok is a platform to share interesting stories about life.
Every day, a large number of netizens around the world are here because of their interests in acquaintance, and they are cured by various small videos.
It wasn't until more and more people shared their stories on TikTok that people discovered that TikTok really "saved a lot of lives."
Netizens shared various stories of their being saved by TikTok
At the end of last year, the news that a 16-year-old girl successfully escaped from the kidnappers shocked major foreign media platforms.
And the reason why she successfully escaped from danger was precisely because of a "distress gesture" she had seen on TikTok.
This is a domestic violence help signal gesture created by the Canadian Women's Foundation.
According to the driver who called the police at the time, on the day of the incident, he was driving on Interstate 75 in Kentucky.
But he found a girl in a silver car next to him, constantly comparing this gesture to him.
Realizing that this seemed to be some kind of distress signal, the driver hurriedly called the police and followed it to update the location in real time until the police stopped the silver car.
Unexpectedly, the girl in front of me was the missing girl whose parents in North Carolina reported two days ago to look for.
When the news spread, netizens were glad that the girl was rescued, while sighing, it turned out that TikTok could still know so many unexpected things, and maybe they would rewrite their lives.
Not only is it a conscious answer to questions and an initiative to send a distress signal, but what is more touching is that the warm users on TikTok, sometimes just a kind reminder, inadvertently save the lives of others.
TikTok user @seattletechbro is a blogger who likes to share technical and financial dry goods.
For a while, fans found a strange ball under his throat knot, and at first everyone didn't pay much attention, including the little brother himself.
Until one day, a TikTok user named @artzvl commented under the video of the little brother:
"Your thyroid gland looks a little swollen, so it's best to go to the hospital for a check-up."
Soon after, a TikTok user named @Ramyaprasad also sent a private message to his brother, saying that his thyroid swelling situation is likely to have the risk of cancer...
At the suggestion of netizens, the brother ran to the hospital for examination, and the result was just as the private message said, so he had surgery to remove the nodule.
The brother was very grateful, made a video of the experience, and specially thanked those who kindly reminded him.
Netizens were very excited, and even turned over the original message.
It's not just the Seattle tech guy, but something similar happened to 25-year-old Alex Griswold.
Alex Griswold, 25, a software developer based in Florida, shares a common account with his wife, Melinda, on TikTok@alexgriswold and now has more than 3.7 million followers.
In 2019, Alex posted a video on TikTok of his wife rubbing his back.
Careful netizens found that Alex had two black moles on his back.
They told Alex not to be careless, which was most likely a precursor to skin cancer, and advised him that it was best to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
As it turns out, Alex's fans are absolutely right.
Netizens were stunned and shouted "TikTok is really saving people's lives!" ”
Afterwards, Alex's doctors surgically removed one of the moles and sent it to the laboratory for pathological testing, and found that the mole was slowly evolving into skin cancer.
Alex relayed the follow-up results to TikTok, showing fans the surgical incision in his back while expressing his heartfelt thanks to the two fans they had never met.
"Because of two kind strangers, I escaped the fate of skin cancer, which is a perfect reminder that the world is such a beautiful place."
Alex then received private messages from TikTok netizens from time to time, because of Alex's sharing, they also went to the hospital for mole removal, preventing problems before they happened.
After this, Alex and his wife celebrate their rebirth together, and they hope that through this small ritual, they will warn themselves and others that they must cherish themselves and love life.
And such a revelation is not a kind of advice for the encounters that the whole world is facing today?
In the past two years, because of the epidemic, many people have experienced a lot of health, career, and emotional damage, not only facing unprecedented problems physically, but also suffering in their hearts.
But with TikTok, people feel less alone.
Veteran British actress Judi Dench has said more than once that TikTok gave her a second life as an actress.
"During the days of the quarantine, cinemas and theaters were shut down. I'm also confused, and every day I wake up and I ask myself what day it is, what I'm going to do today, and what I can do. ”
Later, with the encouragement of his grandson Sam (@sam.williams1), 85-year-old Judi Dench tried to choreograph a small dance together on TikTok, but unexpectedly captured a large number of netizens' likes.
Although these small achievements can not be compared with the international film awards won by Judi Dench in his early years.
But aside from the profession of actress, she is also an ordinary old lady, Sam's grandmother, and even more a lonely old man.
The appearance of TikTok has allowed her to find her long-lost sense of existence, and she can continue to feel the support of fans and, of course, the company and care of her family.
The real world may always be a chicken feather, but as long as you still have a passion for life, TikTok will always give you a world and become a haven for your soul.
We are saved by strange kindness on TikTok, and one day, this kindness will also pass into the hands of more people and heal others.
Sharing will make life better, if the world is a circle, let us use this deep love to draw a circle for life.