The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we interact with others. While in pre-coronavirus days, most of our interactions took place offline, the pandemic has forced us to stop seeing our friends and family members and move our interactions online.

A recent online survey conducted by Los Angeles-based market research company Alter Agents and social media company Snap Inc., which manages Snapchat, between July and September this year, found that the pandemic had changed friendships around the globe.