The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

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Why we’re making female friends online more than ever
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Why we’re making female friends online more than ever

The Bumble BFF app saw a 44% rise in women searching for new female friends in the first three months of last year.

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Jun 22, 2022
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What is a ‘real’ friend anyway? By Claire Cohen

Making friends online is something we’ve been dabbling with for years — whether AOL or MSN messenger was your original chat room of choice. 

But when I began interviewing women for my book, I was surprised at just how many had started to form new friendships over social media, or via apps, in the wake of the…

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