Be Friends with your Ex on Facebook? Are you Kidding?

Whether or not you can or should stay friends with your ex is an old dilemma. But social networks like Facebook don’t just make it easier to trace old friends, they also make it easier for your ex to trace you, whether you want to be friends or not. So: what to do when you receive a friend request from your ex on Facebook? Accept? Ignore? Decline?

Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke has a pretty strong response to the question “Friends with your Ex on Facebook – yea or nay?”

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Looking for a Relationship on Social Networks? What do Singles Think?

Looking for a relationship on the Internet is becoming a more and more common strategy for singles. According to a recently published study, 40% of all singles are looking for a relationship on the Internet. But how about social networks? Are singles looking for friends on the Internet, too?

To find out, we asked be2 members from 27 countries about their experiences with social networks. The results are surprisingly similar across all countries worldwide: Read more