Any new technology created for the purpose of human connection also creates an opportunity for novel forms of missed connection: the envelope returned to sender, the unanswered phone call, the forlorn ...

The why behind it is pretty self-explanatory: karma, decency, kindness…it’s just nice, okay? Sending a rejection text rather than just vanishing off into thin air is quick, easy, and mature. Is it a ...

Photo-illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Harold M. Lambert. But perhaps ghosting—or being ghosted—doesn’t need to be so upsetting. I recall a text I received at the end of the ...