Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated

A Jane Austen of Facebook has yet to emerge, let alone a Miss Manners, and no one seems to have a grip on what the social norms ought to be.

Sounds like a Durkheimian sociological problem. What role should the Facebook relationship status play in a relationship? Let's generate some solutions!

Here are some issues that the article covers:

1. The salience of the Facebook relationship status in terms of the real-world relationship. This includes whether to list the status online and when to change it when going through a break-up.

2. The near-instantaneous spread of information and the conflicts and misunderstandings that can arise.

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