Group texts blowing up during covid pandemic
(WorldNews Entertainment)

When the pandemic hit, four far-flung friends who work in the same industry knew they wouldn`t see one another for a while, so they created a text chain to keep in touch. There were upbeat birthday messages, quirky Bitmojis featuring hot dogs and bacon, and inside jokes about Popsicles. Then one person in the group lost his job and his relationship. Suddenly, the tone changed. It was all shock and sympathy for their newly single friend. Another member of the group, a 37-year-old woman in Washington, felt strangely perturbed. (Most people in this story spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to create more group-text drama.) While she wished her friend well, the condolence messages read...