FOMO My Friends

There’s something uniquely terrible about being left out. People just want to be included, and when you omit them (intentionally or unintentionally). It feels bad. I’ve experienced this, and I’m sure I’ve also been guilty at some point.

With Find My Friends and other apps with location tracking, it’s technically feasible to imagine a situation where you are notified when a preselected (or intelligently curated) group of people is hanging out without you. There’s something distinctly sad about making this a simple notification rather than a robust feature. You aren’t able to do anything other than seeing that you’re missing out.

While I don’t see Apple building this, I can imagine a world where they create an experience that notifies you when certain groups of people are together. Given how rarely I spend time with groups of friends these days (outside of work stuff), I might get this notification a lot.

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