Your relationship status isn’t the only thing that changes online after a breakup. In the days after a split, your Facebook activity increases by 225 percent, according to new research from Facebook Data Science. Yikes—just one more reason to unplug post-heartbreak.
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Researchers at Facebook looked at users who were recently dumped, or those who were listed as in a relationship for at least four weeks with someone who recently changed their status to “single.” (They made the assumption that these people were on the receiving end of the breakup since their ex changed their status first, but that may not have always been the case.) Then they tracked each person’s messages (sent and received), posts from others on their timeline, and comments from others on their own content. What they found was a pretty normal baseline leading up to the split, then a huge spike in activity the day of the breakup that gradually decreased over the next few days. But even when activity went back down, it was still slightly higher than the baseline before the breakup. Weird, right?
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There are a few reasons why this might happen: friends and family showing their love, newly-single users logging on to seek support, and who knows, probably a few exes coming out of the woodwork “just to check in.” Whatever the reason, it’s kind of sweet (albeit a little weird) to see an outpouring of love measured by Facebook likes and comments. That said, many relationship experts argue that it’s best to unplug for a while post-breakup so you can avoid all the FOMO, not to mention the endless photos of your ex. If you’re currently going through a split, follow these six rules to get over a breakup the healthy way.
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