<s>
QuarantineChat	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
multilingual	O
voice-based	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
launched	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
by	O
multimedia	O
artists	O
Danielle	O
Baskin	O
and	O
Max	O
Hawkins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baskin	O
and	O
Hawkins	O
met	O
at	O
a	O
Halloween	B-Application
party	O
,	O
where	O
Baskin	O
gave	O
Hawkins	O
a	O
tarot	O
reading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
as	O
COVID-19	O
spread	O
rapidly	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
Hawkins	O
 '	O
girlfriend	O
talked	O
about	O
boredom	O
while	O
staying	O
at	O
home	O
,	O
which	O
prompted	O
Hawkins	O
and	O
Baskin	O
to	O
create	O
QuarantineChat	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
register	O
their	O
phone	O
numbers	O
via	O
the	O
QuarantineChat	B-Protocol
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
download	O
the	O
Dialup	O
app	O
via	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
or	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
depending	O
on	O
their	O
mobile	O
device	O
's	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CBS	O
News	O
reporter	O
showed	O
skepticism	O
over	O
whether	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
popular	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
On	O
Instagram	B-Application
,	O
we	O
're	O
friends	O
with	O
people	O
that	O
we	O
do	O
n't	O
even	O
know	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Via	O
the	O
online	O
publication	O
Built	O
In	O
,	O
Hawkins	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
more	O
users	O
have	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
video	O
(	O
as	O
in	O
videotelephony	B-Application
)	O
frees	O
them	O
of	O
image-consciousness.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
verified	O
by	O
Feinberg	O
School	O
of	O
Medicine	O
's	O
clinical	O
psychologist	O
Nancy	O
Molitor	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
think	O
[	O
the	O
QuarantineChat	B-Protocol
app ]	O
is	O
indeed	O
a	O
very	O
interesting	O
and	O
potentially	O
very	O
effective	O
way	O
of	O
helping	O
folks	O
who	O
are	O
isolated	O
,	O
live	O
alone	O
,	O
and	O
who	O
are	O
away	O
from	O
home	O
,	O
cope	O
with	O
loneliness	O
and	O
the	O
anxiety	O
of	O
being	O
quarantined.	O
"	O
</s>
