A cadre of camera-toting content creators has New Yorkers feeling ambushed.
“It’s historically a place for people [to] perform and for friends to just hang out. It’s just supposed to be a community space,” she
Brooklyn resident Alex Loucks, 24, thinks it’s “crazy” how much Washington Square Park has changed since she graduated from NYU in 2020.The area around the fountain has at times been overwhelmed with content creators in search of the next viral hit.She confessed to The Post that the overwhelming influx of TikTokers into the park has made her — and her friends — even more wary of being approached than usual, knowing they are likely to end up on camera.
“There’s so many people coming to, like, interview you,” she said. “I don’t mind it — it’s just that we see it a lot. I’m just here for the sun, I’m here to chill. I feel like you have to beSelfie-taking tourists now seem downright quaint compared to the recent invasion of Gen Zers with cameras and lighting setups.“It’s a lot more crowded,” Laura Marques de Silva, another recent NYU graduate who frequents the park, told The Post.
For others, assuming someone is approaching you for online content is second nature — and they’ve gotten used to the carousel of creators on the make.
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