You would think The Social Network, with its depiction of Zuckerberg and his creation, would compel a mass exodus from Facebook, or at least spark critical public reflection on our complicity with this technology of the lonely crowd.

FORBES: The Lonely Network

We characterize the modern cities sometimes as a place of alienation and anomie and the faceless lonely crowd and so on, but when an emergency like this happens and people are pushed against the extremes, you see extraordinary acts of solidarity and kindness between strangers.

NPR: Novelist Ian McEwan: Attacks Resulted in Solidarity

What is The Social Network if not a depiction of a lonely crowd?

FORBES: The Lonely Network

We had our, we had each other, we had a sense of appreciation of dialogue and discussion among each other, you can be lonely in a crowd but if you ask the question they give it as clear as I can give it, absolutely just grey.

BBC: Northern Ireland