The off-grid group, formerly known as Shut Up And Grow It, is based on a 22-acre plot in Tennessee. It promotes a low-impact lifestyle but has faced allegations from some of being a cult.
Trouble in The Garden: The rise and fall of the infamous TikTok commune
Social media brought Tennessee’s The Garden global notoriety, spurring charges that it’s a cat-eating cult and leading to a member exodus. Now the commune’s future is in doubt.
Mic Wright
March 31, 2021
Each day on Twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it.” That 2019 tweet from @maplecocaine has become a mantra for the extremely online.
But what happens when you become the main character for a significant number of TikTok users? And not just the main character but the main villain in a conspiracy theory that casts you as the leader of an insidious, cat-eating, and potentially murderous cult?