Friend.rar -

Think about how a .rar file works. It takes a massive amount of data and squeezes it down, making it easier to transport but impossible to use until it’s extracted. We do the same with our people:

Instead of a phone call, we leave a heart on a photo. It’s 1% of a conversation, compressed into a single pixel. Friend.rar

You can have 500 "zipped" friends and still feel like no one actually knows you. How to Unzip Your Life Think about how a

The problem with long-term compression is that files eventually get corrupted. When you keep a friendship in a .rar state for too long: Friend.rar