Forget fortune tellers and tarot cards, Facebook has your love life all mapped out.
We already knew that Facebook’s algorithms are designed to get to know us, predict how we’ll react and cater to our individual wants and needs.
But we still get a little creeped out when we look at JUST how well they really know us.
According to a piece published in TIME, titled “7 Things Every Facebook User Needs to Know, Backed by Research”, Facebook knows the days and months we are most likely to start a new relationship.
Not just that, the social media site can predict with 33 per cent accuracy who we’ll be dating next week, meaning that if a break up is around the corner for you, Facebook could well know before you do.
According to bakadesuyo.com: “Facebook crunches the numbers and comes up with some interesting info on when people get together and when they split up”.
“The days around Valentine’s Day and Christmas are good chances to try your luck or breathe a bit easier. The data showed far more people paired up around these times than joined the ranks of the newly single.
“Across age groups, the summer months are bad news for relationships. In 2010 and 2011, May through August were clearly lower than the other months of the year, suggesting the daily net change in relationships reaches a low during the summer. Interestingly, the large tail in February for the under-25 group can be explained by the fact that the net gain in relationships is highest on Valentine’s Day.
“Relatively more break-ups happened leading up to the weekend, peaking on Friday and Saturday.”
Our advice would be to take this research with a pinch of salt, BUT if you do suspect your significant other is going to break up with you, maybe avoid him until Sunday.
