Y2k-20 Will Come In 3rd Place

The opposite of a third place online would be Instagram: conversation is not the main activity - not low profile - not leveling - no sense of regulars.

3rd Place = social surroundings that aren’t those two (church, cafes, clubs, etc)

1st Place = Home

Both of these abstractions will create more mechanisms for digital 3rd places.

The abstraction of what we look like in digital spaces through avatars.

I believe that 2020 will be known for two abstractions in consumer internet: