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In 2021, many people not familiar with the world of video games met the term "Non-Playing Character", or NPC, thanks to the movie "Free Guy", where Ryan Reynolds plays a bank cashier who discovers that it really is One of these "non -playable characters" in a video game, those who walk around the main story and that occasionally interact with the main characters. Two years later, a woman who lives in Canada discovered a lucrative niche imitating various NPC in Tiktok and now manages to win up to $ 7,000 a day among all her social networks. Keep reading to know why Porskydoll is a trend.

Who is Porskydoll?

Fedha Sinon, 27, is a woman born in Jamaica but who has lived in Canada for a long time. He came to work as a stripper until he created his own cleaning company in Montreal. Everything seemed to go well and the business allowed him to keep his son. However, her stepfather died and she had to travel to the Seychelles Islands for funeral. When he returned, he found another tragedy: he had lost his company. Determined to find a way of generating income, in January 2023 he opened an account on Tiktok with the name of Porskydoll user, where he simply made live broadcasts, or Livestreams, "looking pretty in front of the camera," as she defined it. But a comment would change everything.

Internet sensation

In one of its transmissions, a spectator published a comment that said it looked like an NPC. Then she began to imitate one of these characters, inspired by the video game "Grand Theft Auto". This, apparently, aroused great interest, because it began to receive lots of money. In Tiktok, people can buy "gifts" in the form of emoticons such as flowers and send them to content creators, which then redeem them for money. Porskydoll saw his fame grow even more when it was reported that among his fans he was in American rapper Timbaland, who republished in his personal Tiktok account one of the woman's videos.

What it does

Basically, Porskydoll makes Tiktok transmissions dressed as a random video game character, moving as such and saying several pre -established phrases depending on the gift he receives. For example, his most famous phrase is "Ice Cream so good" (or "ice cream is very good") and says when someone sends a gift (money) in the form of ice cream emoticon. The images of her saying these phrases have even become viral memes. The content creator has declared that it can spend up to six hours a day, every day, in this "work", but that it does not tire because the support it receives keeps it "energetic." And it has come to have up to 1 million viewers in a single session.

Your results

Pinkhadoll began earning about $ 250 a day, but currently reaches $ 3,000 per day. In addition, with its other ventures on other social networks, he affirms that he has gained up to $ 7,000 in one day. "I could spend all day doing this, but I can't because I have a child and I have to eat," he said. The success of her formula has already been copied by other Tiktokers, but she, with her almost 3 million "likes" and 724,000 followers in this social network, remains the queen of the trend he created. "I have famous musicians and athletes in my DM, that they write to me to congratulate and encourage me," said Porskydoll.

Explanation of the phenomenon

How can something such a simple view generate such interest? According to some critics, it is due to those known as “Uncanny Valley” effect, or a disturbing valley, in which people feel either fascination or rejection of the fact that something, especially a robot or a computer animation, resembles too much to the perception of what it is to be a human. In the case of Porskydoll, the Tiktoker dresses, make up and acts as if it were a video game character trying to look like human. In addition, the fact that he speaks with a soft voice and makes use of his most sensual attributes also points to his characterization appealing to a fetish. According to a report published by the New York Times, for certain spectators “there is something sexual in being able to control each of his words and gestures sending him this or that gift. For other spectators, it is simply fascinating to see. ”