This is really a monumental societal change.

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

  • dmention7@midwest.social
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    4 days ago

    Ah, yeah thats a fair point.

    I interpreted them as saying that the data point from 2020 was literally an outlier from the rest of the dataset.

    • aburrito@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      So 2020 is literally an outlier because as another commenter pointed out it was illegal for people to meet in person in much of the world during 2020 and onwards through the pandemic. But that only lasted a few years, ending it there is almost dishonest (not attacking OP just whoever made the graph). It wouldn’t rebound all the way back up but this is showing something entirely unrelated to the core premise