1. Relationships now, are worlds apart
from what they were
before we took them online.
Image via NASA on The Commons
A Flipbook by River A. Habermehl Hatt

2. Brings a new set of obstacles,
awkward conversations
and unclear situations.
Dating in the age of Facebook
Image via Ishikawa Ken Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

3. “The Facebook Relationship
Effect is real: research shows that Facebook
is changing
the way we meet,
Date and also
Slowly rip each others’ hearts out“
Image via Kevin Dooley Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

4. So much of the magic in
a first date came from finding
out a new person’s favorite things.
Image via Emily Rachel Hildebrand

5. Asking someone to name their
favorite TV shows is no longer
stimulating conversation for the
first date.
Image via Bruce Denis Source Kashmir Hill, Five Ways Technology Has Allegedly Ruined Dating
What a shame.

6. We
no
longer
(think)
we
need
the
first
date Image via Matthew T Rader

7. We’ve Facebook-stalked
ourselves out of small talk.
Online research makes the first
date feel unnecessary,
because it creates a false sense
of intimacy.
After The acebook Effect
Image via Colin Milligan Source Kashmir Hill, Five Ways Technology Has Allegedly Ruined Dating

8. “It's obviously best not to indulge any
obsessive or stalking behaviors, but
love (and lust) drive people to do
silly things.”
- Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For the Worse)
acebook has just provided more avenues
from which to overanalyze
Image via WJ van den Elikhof

9. After The acebook Effect“He posted on your wall four times today
— does that mean he's too into you?
She keeps posting status updates about
the cute guys in her office
— should you be worried that
you'll be outdone?
You've hardly seen any updates on his profile since you had a fight
— is he hiding the updates from you, is he so depressed that he's not
engaging, or is it just a coincidence?
After The
acebook Effect
Image via Steven Mileham Source Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For the Worse)

10. Before The acebook Effect
On Facebook, relationships have to fitinto
in a pull down menu of a few options —
And these check-a-box decisionsweren’t things
couples, or anyone for that matter, had to worry about...
Image via Daniel P. Fleming Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

11. Facebook provides people with
more opportunities to feel
jealousy
Image via Sean Dreilinger

12. Before The acebook Effect
Dating is as much about
maintaining healthy and safe
boundaries as it is about intimacy
— at least at first
Image via Dlambil Darl
Source Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For the Worse)

13. Most folks are okay with flirting,
but some can't handle
it, and something
about seeing it
written out on
Facebook makes it
worse.
Image via mkhmarketing
Source Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook
Changed Dating (For the Worse)

14. Although breakups have always
been a sad
time
for people,
in the past they
signified closure,
and a
person could then
move forward
with their life.
Facebook has changed thatImage via Mandee Johnson

15. Before The acebook Effect
ending a relationship actually meant
the end of communication,
for the most part…
…Not anymore.
Image via Colm McMullen Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

16. After The acebook Effect
Remaining Facebook friends with an ex delayed
emotional recovery and led to greater
distressover the breakup, negative
feelings, sexual desire and longing
for the ex-partner.
In a recent study social psychologist
Tara Marshall fromBrunel University found that
Image via Kaysha (flickr.com/photos/kaysha) Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

17. It used to be
that you could
move on, hope you
wouldn’t run into
each other
and that was it.
Image via Federico Piras; Source Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook Changed Dating (For the Worse)

18. “You see all the action
your ex is getting.”
“Relationships and
breakups are public.”
“Facebook is a record of every
relationship mistake you’ve made.”
Image via Hometown Beauty (flickt.com/photos/shiningstars11) Source Samuel Axon, 5 Ways Facebook Changed
Dating (For the Worse)
Now…

19. After The acebook Effect
Breaking up IRL (in real life) is no longer enough to
get over an ex, you’ve got to end contact on…
...too
Image via AJ Cann Source Allison McCann, How Facebook Ruined Dating

20. Will our generation, and the generations which
follow, be able to overcome the
Facebook Relationship Effect?
Image via Carlos Donderis

21. All images used were found on the
Creative Commons of Flickr.
All sources can be found on the
slide which they were used on.
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22. Article Sources:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/atmccann/how-facebook-ruined-dating-and-breaking-up-too
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/01/14/five-ways-technology-has-allegedly-ruined-dating/
http://mashable.com/2010/04/10/facebook-dating/
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