Young people revel in stress-busting praise

Groups offering extravagant compliments are a fast-growing trend on social media. Yao Yuxin reports.

"I don't know how to revise my paper. Give me praise, please!" Hu Meng wrote on a kuakua group for members of his college on WeChat. As a second-year graduate student at Nanjing University in Jiangsu province, Hu is working on two papers, including his graduation thesis.

His post quickly attracted the reply: "This is awesome! It means your paper is so perfect that nothing needs to be changed. Well done!" In a short space of time, he received many similar compliments.