OVERCONFIDE? 1 In 5 College Freshmen’s Facebook Profiles Include Sexual Intentions

Posted by Jackie Cohen on January 25th, 2012 11:35 AM

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One in five college freshmen’s Facebook includes a reference to sex, signaling intent to go get some.

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U.K. College Students Value Facebook Over Sex

Posted by Jackie Cohen on May 27th, 2011 9:49 AM

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U.K. college students think Facebook and their cell phones are more important than sex.
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6 Facebook Habits Of The Recently Divorced Or Separated

Posted by Ruth Manuel-Logan on May 18th, 2011 10:10 AM

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What are recently divorced, separated, even broken up folks doing on Facebook?

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The Pickup Artist’s Guide To Facebook Dating

Posted by Eric Barry on February 3rd, 2011 11:16 AM

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Everyone wants to meet that special someone, even if that special someone just means having a “booty poke,” right? So who’s to say that we can’t be forming those meaningful one night stands via Facebook?
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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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Student Suspended For FaceMash Clone

Posted by Jorge Cino on January 20th, 2011 1:00 PM

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Much like the character of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, but taking the idea to a whole new level, a high schooler from Illinois put together a ranking of 50 female classmates and gave them scores based on their looks and alleged promiscuity.
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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?

Image found via This is London

Study Finds Teen Facebook Users More Likely To Abuse Drugs And Alcohol

Posted by Meredith Singer on November 10th, 2010 1:36 PM

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Could Facebook be the new gateway drug? According to a new study by Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter lead to more risky behavior like drinking, smoking, doing drugs, and having sex.
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Facebook Page Porn Becomes Increasingly Popular

Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 22nd, 2010 1:25 PM

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Over the past few weeks a new trends has become increasingly popular within Facebook Pages: sexual solicitations through the use of sexually suggestive user-generated images. A group of spammers has effectively exploited a weakness in Facebook’s spam prevention: Page fan images. Many of the top Facebook Pages have now become inundated with sexual images that prompt users to date the girl in the photo by clicking a link. Unfortunately for the unsuspecting guys who click the link, there’s no chance of them getting the girl!
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Facebook Pickup Artist Sleeps With 1,500 Women

Posted by Nick O'Neill on July 20th, 2010 5:15 PM

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File this one under weird news: a 60 year old British man named Clive Worth claims that he has slept with 1,500 women that he met on websites, including Facebook. According to Clive Worth, over 300 of those women were met through Facebook, who has now kicked the man off the site on numerous occasions. The Huffington Post suggests that Worth has returned to the site, “with a new profile, a new identity, and a new look, posing as a woman named “Carol Peters” and using a photo of model Coralie Robinson (pictured to the right) to attract women”.
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