From Life Noggin.

More people are making friends online than ever before due to Covid-19. Are virtual friends better or worse than IRL friends?
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Director/Voice – Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi
Animation by Charlotte Lawson
Written by Michael Sago

Sources:
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_your_friends_are_more_important_than_you_think
https://news.uci.edu/2017/09/26/teens-online-friendships-just-as-meaningful-as-face-to-face-ones-uci-study-finds/
https://hbr.org/2020/09/3-ways-to-make-friends-remotely
https://www.abc.net.au/life/how-online-friendships-compare-to-real-friends/11456856
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170927105416.htm
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-teens-online-friendships-meaningful-face-to-face.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lifetime-connections/201810/are-online-friends-better-no-friends-all