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The coronavirus has changed the way Americans use the internet

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  1. json
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    website use up, app use down Well, I guess if you're not commuting or working in offices, then there is less need to secretly use your phone at work or while on public transport.

    website use up, app use down

    Well, I guess if you're not commuting or working in offices, then there is less need to secretly use your phone at work or while on public transport.

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    envy
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    NextDoor has been transformed. The posts are now incredibly useful. @Deimos, do you have any interesting articles related to this?

    NextDoor has been transformed. The posts are now incredibly useful.

    @Deimos, do you have any interesting articles related to this?

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      Deimos
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      This article's maybe similar to what you mean? The Coronavirus Crisis Is Showing Us How to Live Online I like the general premise of it anyway, that people are using the internet more for...

      This article's maybe similar to what you mean? The Coronavirus Crisis Is Showing Us How to Live Online

      I like the general premise of it anyway, that people are using the internet more for "connection" right now than a lot of the more divisive purposes that were rampant before (but that's definitely still there, and I'm sure it'll shift back more).

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      1. envy
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        Great article, but I was more thinking of the theory on why social media devolves. Maybe I am thinking of this again. Is the key to keeping NextDoor a high quality platform simply encouraging...

        Great article, but I was more thinking of the theory on why social media devolves.

        Maybe I am thinking of this again.

        Is the key to keeping NextDoor a high quality platform simply encouraging niceness and discouraging stupidity? Or is the key elevating the infrequent posters on the assumption that there is something wrong with someone who constantly submits posts to NextDoor?

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