Where did all your Zoom friends go?
Three years since the pandemic was declared, many of the apps, platforms and digital tools that millions relied on to stay connected are struggling, shrinking or shutting down.
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Three years since the pandemic was declared, many of the apps, platforms and digital tools that millions relied on to stay connected are struggling, shrinking or shutting down.
There are very few things about COVID-19 isolation that we miss, except for all the creative ways people found to connect with people we could not meet face-to-face, from Zoom happy hours to making a new friend through an online workshop. So what happens now that we’re back to normalcy?
New York Times: Zoom happy hours and trivia nights had a way of bringing people together.
They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.
Marco Polo co-founder and CEO Vlada Bortnik watches her home country under siege, both filled with fear and inspired by the strength of her people.