studies , Facebook also plays a role in how we fall out of love . Mashable writer Samuel Axon wrote a detailed feature about how Facebook has changed dating for the worse , Facebook dating app AreYouInterested released a study in which 21 percent of respondents said they would break up with someone via changing their statuses , and , most recently , infographic wizard David McCandless came out with a chart that shows popular breakup periods by way of status updates . Seventeen , for its part , reports that 10 percent of people have been dumped over Facebook , and the same number would just change their relationship status to `` single '' to cut a lover loose . The report also depicts the anguish the site can cause after a breakup , citing that 27 percent of people change their connection to their exes after a breakup via blocking -LRB- getEx-Blocker for that extra push -RRB- , hiding him or her on the News Feed or unfriending . Surprisingly , 73 percent of people keep their exes in the friends list . I 'd like to see some stats on how many of those 73 percent stalk
-LRB- Mashable -RRB- -- There 's no denying that Facebook has had an impact on the way the younger set flirt , fall in love and break up . Now , Seventeen magazine has released a study that depicts just what kind of repercussions the social networking site has had on modern courtship . `` Teens are incredibly social , and Facebook plays a huge role in their love lives , '' says Ann Shoket , editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine . According to the study -- which polled 10,000 guys and girls ages 16 to 21 -- Facebook plays an important part in how amorous teens make a connection . Within one week of meeting a new person , 79 percent of people click `` friend , '' and after adding a new friend ; 60 percent of people stalk their crush 's profile once a day -LRB- 40 percent check in on their would-be soulmate several times a day -RRB- . Moreover , contrary to beliefs that social networking is erroding interpersonal communication , 72 percent of those surveyed said that talking to someone online brings you closer to them IRL . As we have already seen in other