![]() That everything includes working ordinary gigs-workstreaming, if you will. It is full of people doing everything and anything for attention. Livestreaming remains a relatively niche subsection of TikTok, but since TikTok Live’s launch in 2019, it’s grown into a billion-dollar economy of its own. “Just some scrammies,” he says, holding it up. “Sau-siege,” he says, holding a plate with two sausages. It’s just him, fulfilling order after order, occasionally lifting up a plate of standard diner fare to the camera and describing it to eager viewers. (If he has to go to the bathroom, he runs out quickly with the camera still on.) His streams have a much different feel from the chaotic stress of competitive cooking shows such as Top Chef. after some prep work and staying on until his shift winds down at 2 p.m. Longton now goes live for hours at a time, often starting at 8 a.m. ![]() “I’m like, Are these numbers even real? Is it right?” he told me. Then, about a year ago, after seeing a wedding DJ stream a dance party, Longton set up his iPhone in a car mount above his grill workstation and invited random people on the internet to watch him work. ![]() In 2020, Longton started to play around with TikTok and amassed a modest following by posting prerecorded videos, the style the platform’s best known for. The livestreaming-to-thousands-of-strangers part is new. He has worked at the diner, Windowbox Cafe, since he was 12. Longton has been doing this a long time-the egg-flipping, that is. People all around the world, sometimes more than a thousand at once, tune in on TikTok to watch Longton flip eggs, and reheat bacon and home fries on the grill. Not just people in Albany, or people in New York. A 33-year-old line cook at an unassuming diner just outside Albany, New York, Longton can make an omelet do a backflip and land it smoothly right back into its pan cradle. Dylan Longton really knows how to flip an egg.
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