Free at work with nothing to do, nearly 2 million people join this Facebook group to play as … ants

Tram Ho

Officially established in June 2019, within almost a year, the Facebook group called “A group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony” (roughly translated: A group where we all pretend to be) make ants in an ant “” has attracted 1.8 million members, becoming one of the groups with the largest membership today. Many people have asked the question: What is this Facebook Group so attractive that so many people join?

Role-play role to forget everyday worries

As the name implies, this is also one of the strangest Facebook groups ever created: 1.8 million users will become an ant.

When joining a group, one of the common rules that members must follow is never discussing human issues, such as politics, society, religion or even COVID-19. . In particular, the word The Queen must always be in uppercase!

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After COVID-19 took place, the group had a rapid growth in the number of members because everyone … was too free

Basically, the main content of the posts in the group usually revolves around all the issues … knowledge. Like a miniature society, the members will post and discuss everyday life things from the perspective of an ant such as “I’m trapped while hunting for prey, saving me with”, “Queen of thousands. minnows, “or” I just found a big leaf, can someone join me or spare me “.

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“I just found a sugar cube, have a cup with me”

The content of these posts may seem silly, but in reality, the ‘role-playing’ become ants are giving many people a chance to temporarily forget the stresses and worries of life. daily. This is considered the biggest attraction of the “virtual kingdom” of the virtual version, helping the group to become more and more famous on social networks.

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“Help me, what should I do?”

In an interview with NBC, Tyrese Childs, the administrator of this group, said: “We are dealing with a lot of requests to join the group and the pending posts. And now it is becoming a work for to me. I think people are looking for something to do at the moment. ”

Andreas Lieberoth, an assistant professor of psychology at Aarhus University, Denmark, said: “The ant group sounds like a psychological safe space because there is no fear, the main problems. treatment or Covid-19 here. I don’t know if ants are infected with Covid-19 but in this ‘ant kingdom’ you will never get infected. ”

Refer to NBC

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