# Couch Guy to West Elm Caleb: Inside the making of a TikTok ‘villain’

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-tiktoks-witch-hunt-effect-turned-west-elm-caleb-into-the-latest-virtual-punching-bag/
- Published: 2022-01-24T10:00:06-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo by Hugh Han on Unsplash. Article by María Luisa Paúl. The Washington Post – January 23, 2022. In less than a week, a seemingly average, 20-something single man has become TikTok’s latest punching bag — with a hashtag of his own, millions of views and scores of videos decrying his name. Enter West Elm Caleb. A woman from New York posted a TikTok about getting ghosted by a man named Caleb after meeting on the dating app Hinge. Multiple people in the comment section began replying: […] Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio