The Downside of Facebook Dating

Using Facebook as a dating tool can be complicated if you do not watch what you doing. In many ways it's great, especially in the beginning. You have all these friends, and friends of friends that can vouch for you that you are a great guy or gal. This makes meeting people easy to do.

There is also a downside to using Facebook like a dating site. Here are 3:

1. Relationships and Breakups Are Public

The main problem with Facebook and dating is, it is public. Sure you can now hide information from your friends and dates but it can get extremely complicated to do with all the privacy rules which only a dedicated Facebook expert is going to know how to use. Every step of a relationship on Facebook is public from changing your relationship status (and hoping your partner reciprocates) to the banter that goes back and forth between people who have just discovered love. On the other end, breakups are just as public and can lead to some embarrassing moments for all involved.

2. A Record of Every Relationship

Every post about your relationship and every relationship status change are recorded by Facebook. This makes a nice timeline that your current partner can use to look back to see what type of man or woman you were. I am sure this information is not something most people want to give out to someone you just started dating.

3. See the Action your Ex is Getting

Unless they unfriend you, you will have front row seats and get to see how well your ex is doing in the relationship department. This is not exactly fun especially if the breakup just happened and you're still trying to get over the person.

To find out more information and other negative ways Facebook has changed dating, read Mashable.