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Couples reach Facebook low 85 days after declaring "in a relationship"
FACEBOOK IS ALWAYS watching, you know?
And this week in particular it’s been watching out for all things love-related.
The company’s data scientists have been examining how couples interact before and after an all-important “in a relationship” declaration.
Unsurprisingly, during the flirting phase, they’re all over each other’s Facebook walls as photos are stalked, links are strategically shared and even then most mundane of statuses are ‘liked’.
However, Facebook has now revealed how that interaction quickly falls away after an official “in a relationship” pronouncement:
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There’s a peak of 1.67 posts per day 12 days before the couple are officially doing a line, with the lowest point coming 85 days after the “in a relationship” milestone.
Facebook, ever the romantic though, is positive about the reasons behind the dropoff, with data scientist Carlos Diuk saying:
Diuk also says that as the online interactions decrease:
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