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excerpt: "Before the Covid-19 corona virus pandemic, I was in a flow. It was regular and comfortable. Now that we’re all stuck at home, I feel that there are more things going on and that I’m being more social than I..."
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[The New Reality](https://sethgoldstein.me/the-new-reality/)

# More Social Now?

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Seth Goldstein

·

April 2, 2020

Sol 1977

![People participating in a video conference call, arranged in a grid layout with several individuals' names displayed.](https://sethgoldstein.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/-1200x691.webp)

Before the Covid-19 corona virus pandemic, I was in a flow. It was regular and comfortable. Now that we’re all stuck at home, I feel that there are more things going on and that I’m being more social than I was before.

Yes, we are home schooling our 7 year old son. That takes time and changes stuff up a bit. Yes, my wife is now on furlough from her job. That’s making things much more stressful. But on the whole, I’ve been busy — connecting, reaching out, communicating.

Is that possible? Seriously? Did it take a global deadly pandemic to make the world come together? More people are reaching out and doing Zoom and other video chats on a regular basis.

I’ve gone to a [WordCamp virtually](https://2020.sanantonio.wordcamp.org/)
, last weekend, and today there is an [online conference](https://wpblocktalk.wordpress.stream/livestream/)
 (10 hrs of content), about the WordPress Block Editor.

I’m in a Zoom call at least daily if not multiple times a day. I’m connecting with my tech community much more than I did before.

I’m loving it. But why did it take a freaking pandemic for this to happen? I can’t answer that, I don’t think anyone really can.

Have you found yourself becoming more social online? Let me know in the comments.

[Covid-19](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/covid-19/)
, [social media](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/social-media/)
, [Video Conferencing](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/video-conferencing/)
, [Zoom](https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/zoom/)