Article updated: 2/11/2013 12:46 PM

Social media keeps people together during blizzard

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A woman checks her phone Saturday outside Lincoln Center in New York City. The snow total in Central Park was 8.1 inches by 3 a.m.

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The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated —even if you're stuck home alone. "The funny thing is that I actually checked my Instagram feed before I even looked out my own window," says Eric Witz, who lives in Medford, Mass.

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