Hi All,
Facebook has come up with a new function that will enable anyone who was recently in a relationship with someone and has since ended that relationship to see less of their former partner.
This is an interesting concept to me, but I must first question when a relationship has become ruled by social media. Social media in present time has a very big impact on most relationships, especially for the Generation Y individuals. I am part of this generation and I see it around me every single day. If your boyfriend/girlfriend liked a picture of the opposite sex would that be the beginning of a week long argument? For some, probably.
How about when two people decide to amicably, or not, end their relationship. There could potentially still be feelings that linger even when the relationship has subsided and ended, do they have the right to be jealous if their former partner is now liking and interested in someone else? The jealously and anger someone feels could prolong arguments long after that relationship has ended. Why? Because today, most people who are in relationships, or newly out of one, think that the actions one takes on social media must mean they have lingering thoughts about someone else.
I won't argue whether or not someone has the right to feel jealous or insecure about the actions their partner takes on social media, that is to each relationship to figure out. But, Facebook just made people's lives who are now newly single a little bit easier. This new feature will allow you to limit the amount of content that is shown to your ex-partner and vice versa. Brilliant idea, though most won't be stopped from stalking their ex's even if they decide to limit their content to be seen by a certain individual.
None the less, if you are ready to leave that relationship in the past and forget about the not so pleasant time period spent with that person has brought, than this could be great for you. When you first change your relationship status you will have the option to limit the number of statuses updates, pictures, and videos of the person you no longer wish to to get updates about. You can also un-tag any photo that you and your ex-partner are in together - this could potentially help you to forget all of those memories and focus and creating new ones!
Kelly Winter, who is the manager at Facebook said this new tool would add more flexibility to the process of breaking up. You no longer need to unfriend or block your ex completely. Ending a relationship can be difficult and because social media is such a large part of our everyday lives, Facebook has created a new tool to hopefully soften the blow a bit. You may never see your ex in person, but if they are still lingering around on Facebook, enough for you to notice at least, than they have some presence in your life.
If you and you ex-partner are on good terms after your break- up, but you still don't want any updates on their lives - don't worry about blocking them so quickly, check out this new feature instead!
Until next time,
Nicole
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