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As Loneliness Deepens, Friendship-Matching Apps Offer a Contested Fix
With surveys showing rising numbers of people without close friends, a wave of apps now promise to help users find companionship for a fee.
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With surveys showing rising numbers of people without close friends, a wave of apps now promise to help users find companionship for a fee.

As concern grows over social isolation, people describe joining clubs and setting up activities to build new friendships later in life.

Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett argues that today's screen-based childhood is creating an epidemic of loneliness by preventing the formation of lifelong friendships.