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This is really a monumental societal change.

3rd spaces are nearly completely destroyed, and online seems to be the main option for ppl now.

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[–] Imadethis@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll bet that it's due to the trend we've seen in the last couple of decades: fewer close friends, if any at all.

Or just more online friends, which (depending on how the researchers broke up the data) would shift things away from “through friends” and towards “online” instead.