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Zogby Interactive: Social media ttansforming dating

tamatoledonews.com – UTICA, NY – Facebook has become a primary means of finding and expressing romance for millions of Americans. Nearly one-half of this nation’s adults on Facebook use it to tell the world they are in a relationship with someone. Nearly three-fourths of all Facebook users who are not in a relationship log on to learn about people they want to date. Romance-related uses of Facebook for people ages 18-29 are even greater.

Among those 18-29 who have Facebook pages:

94% of those not in a relationship will either immediately, or within a day or two, check out the page of someone they may want to date

43% would post information about breaking up a relationship

42% of those in a relationship look to see whom their partners’ friends are on their partners’ Facebook pages.