How’s your day going?”; “What are you currently reading?”; or now, “Are you going to see the movie ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’?

I’ve always been a fairly outgoing person, but the idea of talking to strangers and befriending acquaintances still made me ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 can be found here. Recently, I was asked to blurb a book called Once Upon a Stranger. In it, I learned fascinating insights on why talking to strangers can ...

A study establishes that "social ties" — a fancy way of saying being nice to other, even those you don't know — has benefits.

New web-first platform modernizes social discovery by combining interest-based filtering with anonymity to foster more meaningful global connections. MONTREAL, QUEBEC ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — Remember when parents told kids not to talk to strangers? A 2022 study suggests adults might benefit from the opposite. Researchers say interacting with a variety of people, ...

Start a conversation. Research suggests you won’t regret it. By Jancee Dunn A few months ago, my parents visited me at The New York Times. As we rode the elevator to my floor, my father greeted almost ...

After it shut down for good in 2023, longtime users were left wondering: what happened to Omegle? We're here to tell you. Omegle was created in March 2009 by an 18-year-old in Vermont named Leif ...