Are you in any group chats via text? What role do group chats play in your life? When are they great? When are they annoying?
A recent Times article called “Everyone Has Left the Chat” describes how, for many, the group chat has changed over the course of the pandemic:
Like so many features of our lives these days, our text message chains are undergoing a great unraveling. No matter how stimulating, all conversations must eventually come to an end. Even — and perhaps especially — the texting conversations that emerged and kept us company in the early days of lockdown have grown quieter as pods have disintegrated, interpersonal dynamics have shifted, and people have tired of prattling on about the same old thing.
Can you relate to this? How have your group chats changed?
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