If COVID-19 Isn't Stressing You Out, YouTube Could Be

Written by justinroberti | Published 2020/08/08
Tech Story Tags: coronavirus | parasocial | czsworld | youtube | covid19 | social-media | stress-reduction | hackernoon-top-story

TLDR A new study found that the social distancing and quarantine conditions that have come along with the COVID-19 pandemic has actually not led to an increase in loneliness. People are turning to YouTube during the pandemic when not on video calls. YouTube has seen a huge spike in what has been viewed on YouTube have changed over time: In April there was a 75% spike in “Authoritative News” and “how-to-be” videos for mundane tasks.via the TL;DR App

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Published by HackerNoon on 2020/08/08