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“You can tell someone’s screen time from their outfit,” says writer and fashion commentator Alexandra Hildreth. It’s a joke between her and fellow commentator Rian Phin, who spot many a six-plus-hour screen time victim wandering around lower Manhattan. “If you walk through Dimes Square, you can tell which TikTokers people follow,” Phin says. “You can tell if they’re on the Ssense sale or the Farfetch sale.”