DEEP DIVE

Relationships are being put to the ultimate test during quarantine while many people begin to feel the pressure of long-distance dating or just being without their partner for days on end. Zooming has become the most convenient escape route for people who desire to end their relationships during a global pandemic.

Many social media users have expressed their experiences of being zumped over Zoom. Zumping is the act of being broken up with over the popular video-chatting platform. Now, there is even a thread of people on Twitter who are posting about their devastating stories of being broken up with on popular digital platforms and the first tweet that started it all has reached over 60 thousand Twitter users and went viral.

am i the first person who's been dumped via zoom?

— Julia Moser (@juliamoserrrr) April 9, 2020