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Relationships 2.0: Dating in 140 Characters or Less

by JD Rucker | April 28, 2008 at 12:43 am

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MySpace and Facebook have built a reputation for aiding (and sometimes hurting) people when developing a romantic relationship. They are social networks, and as such, people tend to interact in some way through them.

Twitter, a microblogging, lifestreaming website where people send messages to groups and directly to each other, has emerged as a newer, safer way to interact. Is group flirting the way to go? Is it better or more intimate than giving phone numbers. Apparently for some, it absolutely is.

I was talking to a friend the other day who was telling me about this girl he met at a coffee shop. She noticed that he had the same laptop as she did and sparked a conversation. They talked for an hour before she had to go.

“Did you get her number?” I asked.

“No, but I got her Twitter. That’s even better!” he replied.

Wow. What a world we live in.

Here is one of the responses to the post:

That’s crazy, but I’m going to side with him on this one. I think you can learn quite a bit about someone via Twitter. It’s a great way to build relationships without being a huge distraction or interruption since you have the ability to reply whenever you feel it’s necessary.

For me, I have never quite understood the Twitter phenomenon. Then again, I never got the Facebook and MySpace thing either.

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Rob Peters

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at 06:55 on April 28th, 2008

I was reluctant with some of the social networks at first as well, but since joining I've become a convert. I find they're fun distractions, and actually if I wasn't a Facebooker I'd probably miss a lot of social events.

Thanks for the post...It's a very culturally-telling anecdote.

neclimdul

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at 08:29 on April 28th, 2008

JD Rucker, I like this story. It's good stuff.

laura3487

at 08:30 on April 28th, 2008

That's very true. It's amazing how technology is transforming our culture. You really can learn a lot about a person through social networking like Facebook and Twitter. It's much easier and less intrusive to post a quick message online than to actually give someone a phone call and talk for a while.