In addition to prompting spontaneous conversations, QuarantineChat has inspired art: An architect has been taking portraits of some of the people she meets (they connect again via video chat). A woman in Indonesia and another caller in the United States write blog posts about their calls — some of which include haikus. Two people who met on QuarantineChat are working on a screenplay together. When we spoke, the app’s founders told me about an ice fisherman in Canada, a user who has an air of mystique. Others on QuarantineChat tell each other about him, and he has become part of the lore.

Source: New York Times May 27, 2020 22:10 UTC