We have all been trapped in one. You get randomly added to a massive group chat, and suddenly your phone is completely hijacked. Whether it is a chaotic group of college friends planning a trip to Chicago, or you are waking up to five hundred unread messages from a massive time zone spanning chat in … Continue more
You are feeling incredibly nostalgic. Maybe you are looking back at a long term relationship, checking in on a childhood friendship, or you just want to see the exact awkward greeting you sent someone three years ago. You open Snapchat, jump into the chat thread, and start scrolling up. Five minutes go by. Your thumb … Continue more
If you grew up in the golden era of early internet messaging, you probably remember the exact sound of a digital door creaking open. Back in the days of AOL Instant Messenger or early Skype, you received a massive, unavoidable notification the exact second your crush or your best friend logged onto their computer. Today, … Continue more
It happens to the best of us. You post a life update, a photo of your new dog, or a rant about the weather. You expect the usual suspects to like it. But then you notice… silence. Or you glance at your friend count. Yesterday it was 452. Today it is 451. Someone left the … Continue more