Fun fact: the average person now belongs to more online group chats than real-world clubs, neighbourhood groups, or community organizations combined. “How Group Chats Replaced Communities” sounds dramatic at first, but most people already feel it quietly in their everyday lives. Phones buzz all day long. Family groups never sleep. Office groups multiply like paperwork. …
A surprising study once found that many people today interact with more humans in one day online than their grandparents did in an entire month—yet loneliness is rising almost everywhere. “The New Loneliness of Being Seen Online” is not about people being abandoned. It is about something stranger. Millions of people are surrounded by notifications, …