In the same way that Starbucks, coffee shops & cafes have become a “third place” for boomers + millennials (eg not home or work) where people socialize, gather or mingle, i think online spaces will become a third place for Zoomers.

Will it be in discord, or wove into the fabric

Of an online world or game like fortnite (think of the world events or concerts that happen on Fortnite, and add in the structural advantage of having a corporate parent that is essentially china’s answer to social media/Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent )

Being denied access to ones third place leads to a sense of social isolation... given that zoomers third places are digital do we see evidence that they are coping with social distancing and social isolation better than Everyone else? I think so

God save us if it’s VR chat