this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
211 points (98.2% liked)

United States | News & Politics

8580 readers
99 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

This is really a monumental societal change.

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

Yeah that does bother me about the graph. It's the digital age, you can't just lump one value to "online" and expect it to be a representation that makes any sense, did they meet on a dating app? As gamers? Facebook friends? I met my fiancee on deviantart after she liked one of my photos and messaged me to tell me so.

Society is online now, third spaces are still a thing but they're in a different form. This data is presented in a way to make you feel bad about the globalization of the Internet