{
    "byline": "by  Hannah Seo",
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    "excerpt": "When a friend from college told Melissa Chan that he was coming to visit her in New York City, she was thrilled. It was 2018; she hadn\u2019t seen him in four years, when they had studied abroad in Vienna together. \u201cI was like, \u2018Okay, this is a big deal. Let me throw you a party,\u2019\u201d Chan remembers. This friend didn\u2019t know anyone in New York, but that didn\u2019t matter. Chan invited a bunch of her friends, and told them all her usual encouragement to \u201cjust bring whoever.\u201d Leading up to the party, her friend mentioned that he had chatted a lot with the two young people in his row on the flight over. \u201cHe was like, \u2018Oh, is it weird if I invite them to the party?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018No, no, that\u2019d be so fun.\u2019\u201d",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 11382,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "The case for inviting everyone to everything"
}