‘Offline’ Trend Sees Thousands Attending Phone-Free Concerts, Dates, And Events Where You Can ‘Find Your People’

‘Offline’ Trend Sees Thousands Attending Phone-Free Concerts, Dates, And Events Where You Can ‘Find Your People’

‘Offline’ Trend Sees Thousands Attending Phone-Free Concerts, Dates, And Events Where You Can ‘Find Your People’ Samantha Gades – Unsplash One of the realities of social media addiction is the self-awareness of the addicted. A recent survey from the British Standards Institution found that 68% of teen respondents said they feel worse when they spend too much time on social media, and 47% would remove them from existence if they could. So it’s not surprising that hundreds of thousands of people are now attending ‘IRL’ events (in real life) where phones are either banned or limited. Several new services are now curating “offline experiences” for social gatherings and dating, and the number of these events that are landing on the calendars of Americans and Europeans is a testament to the deep desire for human-to-human contact. GNN has reported on the offline movement before. The Offline Club of Europe has over half-a-million Instagram followers (an ironic yardstick of success), and chapters a…