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One Friday evening, Alyx van der Vorm couldn’t stop thinking, “I should do something with someone.”

But she found herself alone once again on a Friday night, thinking about just heading to the gym. That was when she realized that trying to make plans with people these days is incredibly hard. 

“Figuring out who’s around, texting, waiting, researching options… It felt absurd that staying home and watching a movie was one tap, but seeing a friend was ten steps,” van der Vorm said.

At 25 years old, van der Vorm is very much…