Love Is Quarantine

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About

Love Is Quarantine is an Instagram show based on the Netflix dating show Love Is Blind in which contestants date each other before seeing one another. The Instagram account and the corresponding Google Sheets were created by two Brooklyn roommates during the coronavirus outbreak in which it was necessary to maintain social distancing.

History

On March 17th, roommates Thi Q. Lam and Rance Nix created a Google Sheets^[8] and Instagram account to begin a crowd-sourced Love is Blind spin-off. Their first post to Instagram^[1] was screenshot of a conversation explaining the premise (shown below). The Instagram account gained over 12,900 followers in three days.

How does this work You put in your name and number and interest of sex And we pair you with someone you do t know And you film yourself talking to them hahah And then say what they were like And we are going to make a lil video Read 6:31 PM

That day, Rance Nix addressed the camera in a post introducing the Google Sheets and asking people to apply to the first season (shown below, left). The video garnered over 7,400 views in three days. Following their first posts, they gained over 100 applicants and began setting up dates and posting videos that each contestant sent them before, during and after their date. On March 18th, LoveIsQuarantine uploaded a contestant video which garnered over 4,000 views in two day (shown below, right). The next day, they launched a website with merchandise.^[2]

Reception

On March 17th, 2020, New York Times reporter and Twitter user @TaylorLorenz^[3] tweeted, "There’s a quarantine version of Love Is Blind happening via Instagram and google sheets and nearly 100 people have auditioned to take part. cc @thunderwooddd" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 1,600 likes and 300 retweets in three days. She then published a NY Times^[4] on the show. Other Twitter users such as @TubaDsouza began tweeting about the Instagram account (shown below, right). StayHipp,^[5] CNN^[6] and NBC^[7] News also published articles on the account.

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz There's a quarantine version of Love Is Blind happening via Instagram and google sheets and nearly 100 people have auditioned to take part. cc @thunderwooddd T-Mobile 104 PM 17%E dates (phone call) loveisquarantine ... LOVE Who will actually meet | face to face after 285 Posts Followers Following 30 15 corona is over..time LOVE IS QUARANTINE will tell! WHo will you meet in the pandemic pods? A friend? A Lover? Who knowstt LOVE IS BLIND. Link in BIO!!!!! le Edit View Inse Ok this is happening a lot faster than i thought prmat leveisquarantine leveisquarantine loveisquarantine We will make a video at į the end with confessionals!! % . 11:07 PM · Mar 17, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Daniel Tuba DSouza @TubaDsouza SOMEONE STARTED A GOOGLE SHEET VERSION OF LOVE IS BLIND AND IT IS BLOWING UP. #loveisquarantine + loveisquarantine LOVE 59 4,932 Posts Followers IS EJARANTIN Liked by hypebreast and others LOVE IS QUARANTINE Who will you meet in the pandemic pods? A about Steve A Lover? Who knows!?Join our GOOGLE SH She's ready y'al. below! We go live at 7:30pm with Season 2 But do we think another man could swoop her off her loveisquarantine This is Katie from POD 3 talking feet? docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HRXC A Followed by chrisellevaz and allysahlemair III 5:31 PM - Mar 18, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Fandom

Although many fans continued to comment and gather on the Instagram account itself, the Love is Quarantine Google Sheets^[8] has a tab in which fans post gossip (shown below).