Flip Girl

About

Flip Girl refers to a clip from the Australian ABC show Content in which the main character gets into a car crash while streaming. The clip was taken from the ABC show and reposted on Twitter where it was then believed to be real footage of a streamer getting into an accident. The show follows a young Brisbane resident who aspires to become an influencer.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2019, ABC TV + iview uploaded _Content_'s first episode "#FlipGirl" to Facebook. The video gained over 275 likes in three days (shown below).

Spread

On September 4th, 2019, Twitter users began spreading the clip of the main character getting in a car accident. Twitter user @ArsonArtist posted the clip with the caption, "Don’t stream and drive, thot" (shown below). The post garnered over 26,700 likes and 20,800 retweets in two days.

That same day, Twitter users like @tiabbea^[1] posted concerned comments^[4] like "This…… doesn’t look like it was her fault. She was looking at the road at that time and it looks like somebody t boned the shit out of her" (shown below, left). The Content actress Charlotte Nicadao^[2] seen in the clip retweeted the video saying, "DAISY IM VIRAL #flipgirl" (shown below, center). That day, Twitter users started to become aware of the actual TV series. One Twitter user found it ironic and posted a thread about it (shown below, right).

On September 5th, 2019, Twitter user @blcksoya^[3] shared behind the scene footage for the clip (shown below). The post accumulated over 3,400 likes and 3,300 retweets in a day.

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