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Do’s And Don’ts Of Facebook Stalking A First Date

Posted by Meredith Singer on June 27th, 2011 9:54 AM

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If you’re going to deny that one of the first things you do when you find out the last name of someone have a date with is look him or her up on Facebook, then you’re a liar.
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‘Thank You, Facebook For Not Breaking Up My Marriage!’

Posted by Ruth Manuel-Logan on April 30th, 2011 4:13 PM

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Here’s a true story about the end of a friend’s marriage and whether Facebook had a role in ending it. Not! The first-person point of view all comes from her.
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Have You Gone Retrosexual On Facebook?

Posted by Ruth Manuel-Logan on April 12th, 2011 11:30 AM

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Facebook has made it all too easy to go retrosexual, meaning rekindling things with an ex, be it someone you knew biblically for just one night, dated for years, or even lusted after in the past but never got together with when you’d previously had the chance.

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STUDY: Facebooking Leads To Sex, Faster

Posted by Meredith Singer on January 26th, 2011 2:32 PM

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Skip the flowers, guys: If you want to better your chances of getting a woman in the sack, maybe all you have to do is Facebook her.
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Guy Proposes Through Facebook Status

Posted by Jorge Cino on December 28th, 2010 10:58 AM

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This guy popped the question via a status update, accessing Facebook from his mobile phone. Clearly, he wasn’t sweating over the answer.

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11% Have Had Sex with Someone They Met on Facebook

Posted by Eric Barry on November 15th, 2010 1:55 PM

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Thinking of poking that special friend? You’re not alone.

A new study conducted for the revamped British airing of “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew” shows that 11% of Britons have engaged in sexual intercourse with someone they met through Facebook.

Researchers at OnePoll.com surveyed 2,000 adults with a variety of questions relating to their online habits and sexual activity. The research was commissioned by UKTV channel Really which will be airing tonight. Some other interesting results from those polled:

46% have sent illicit texts to someone other than their partner
35% have included nude photos of themselves in the texts
30% watch porn online by themselves
17% watch porn online with their partner
10% have had sex with a coworker (50% of those while at work)

More than half of those surveyed have had a one night stand, with the average having occurred within the last six months. The results also indicated that Brits engage in sexual intercourse an average of twice per week, each romping lasting about 20 minutes.

With the explosion of sites such as Match, OKCupid, eHarmony, and Zoosk, the idea that more and more people are turning to technology to satisfy their primal urges isn’t particularly surprising. It certainly adds a whole new layer to our posting earlier today about Facebook increasing “face-to-face” time. What some readers may not know is that until January 2008, Facebook’s “looking for” field also contained the options “random play” and “whatever I can get”, an explicitly sex-driven focus which Zuckerberg has been eschewing, moreso with his recent portrayal in The Social Network.

But it seems not so long ago that the notion of “meeting someone online” was particularly taboo, eliciting stern warnings of “be careful”, “call me”, “go with a friend” and the like. But as anyone on Facebook can tell you, our personal information is more readily accessible than ever, and with that a verification of identity, which may cause people to have greater assurance in just who it is they’re meeting.

Looking at how courtship and dating have evolved in the last 10 years, the next 10 should prove to be particularly transformative. Will we be sending e-roses while watching Netflix from our respective beds?

What do you think? Have you ever made that special friend request?

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5 Rules Of Facebook Flirting

Posted by AllFacebook on April 14th, 2009 11:11 AM

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Ilana Donna Arazie is a vlogger and blogger about love, technology and living your best life. Find her latest adventures at www.downtowndiary.com.

A girlfriend recently asked me to explain the concept of “poking” on Facebook. I told her that it meant that someone is flirting with her, of course. I mean, isn’t it obvious? Back in second grade, the boys would chase us around the room, grab, hit and poke us until we giggled so hard we had “accidents”. Or was that just me?

Either way, that was considered flirting back then and sadly, Facebook has given men online access to their old ways. However, recently a male of mine friend mentioned that his guy friend pokes him all the time, and that just killed that theory for me. Or did it?
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Facebook Cupid Hits the Streets.

Posted by Nick O'Neill on February 13th, 2008 12:57 PM

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We have all heard about internet dating and finding true love via a social network. Well Karen over at Cordarouns.com is about it hit the streets of San Fransisco looking for her true love.

Karen has enlisted a myriad of social tools to help her on her quest ranging from Facebook and the video/picture/text streaming service Zannel. Karen is going to hit the streets in an 8 hour frenzy to find her man.

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Alone This Valentine’s Day? Why Not Find Love on Facebook.

Posted by Nick O'Neill on February 11th, 2008 11:30 AM

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I am a man. So by my very nature I hate all things related to Valentine’s Day. I am not dialed in to think that I should be extra romantic on one day versus any other. Needless to say my girlfriend is mad at me because I haven’t planned anything “special” for a this upcoming Thursday night.

When my life seems to be taking a turn for the worse I turn to the internet. When I need a job, internet. When I need a new house, internet. So if my girlfriend dumps me when she realizes I got her a crummy box of chocolates and a gift card to the Olive Garden for Valentine’s Day… Internet dating.

Not ready to make the completely sad jump to 100% internet dating I will turn to my old friend Facebook and ask it to ‘hook me up’ with someone. Facebook offers applications in everything from dating personality test, to dating games and actual dating services.

First Things First: What Kind of Woman Should I Date?

First I need to know what kind of date I really should be looking for. Never one to turn away from the stars I will seek my dating persona via What Sign Should You Date. If Mrs. Warwick can tell you the secrets of the stars so can this app that promises me that I will be able to find a date with the right sign.

If the stars aren’t the answer try the OkCupid Dating Test. It promises to classify me into one of 32 dating categories and assures me that I will know the best type of person to date.

Step Two: On to the Meat Market.

Once I have figured out the type of woman I need to date I need to find my love via Facebook. There are plenty of options for me to find a potential mate. Some of them include: Meet New People, Match.com’s Little Black Book, or I could just play the market with Hot or Not and hope my looks can carry me.

There are also much smaller networks based on things like religious preference, career paths and geographical location. If you want to meet someone from DC who likes to watch horror movies, while eating fudge, I am sure there is a Facebook network out there to help met and date her.

Step Three: Bragging to All My Friends

Not only will I be twittering and posting on my wall via my mobile while I am out on the date. The moment the date is over I will run home and ~~lie~~ tell all my friends about how I ~~awkwardly kissed~~ totally hooked up with this girl I met on the internet.

Always worried about my security I will only make small boast on my friend’s wall. I will use Dating Secret Confessions to tell the world how much of a stud I am with out fear of reprisal.

Step Four: Wash, Lather, Repeat.

After all of this, when my date realizes I made up terrible stories about what the inside of her apartment looks like, I will have to start this all over again. Good thing my friends will always be for me there on Facebook. Guys? Come on guys this isn’t funny anymore.

Online Daters To See Your Facebook Profile?

Posted by Nick O'Neill on December 18th, 2007 12:47 AM

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So you decide to take the risk and join an online dating site. You upload your photos take a profile and of course link to your Facebook profile. Well, all of those activities are typical sans the Facebook link. Match.com has announced the launch of the Little Black Book application that will enable Facebook users to find other Match.com users within Facebook. In theory there is nothing different then other dating applications on Facebook except that this one links to your Match.com profile.

Isn’t the only reason for using Match.com or any other dating site is to keep your dating separate from your general social life and avoid visibility from your friends and family? I guess there is also the component of the unique matching algorithms provided by each dating site but let’s be honest. Users of this application will “receive potential matches among Facebook users and non-Facebook users who are signed up with Match.com.” Pretty much it is just an extension of Match.com.

Want to meet any of the users that are on Match.com? Go signup and create your own profile on their site. While not a bad marketing concept in theory, I don’t thing this will be very successful. There are already plenty of highly successful dating applications on Facebook such as the Are You Interested? application. If you plan on using the new Match.com application you will have to hold on until Thursday unfortunately (not sure why they sent out their press release two days early).