Bad lovesick? Facebook wants to help with separation

After the breakup: Facebook wants to help with lovesickness
Lovesickness is painful. When couples part, usually both have to suffer. Many then decide - at least for the time being - not to have anything to do with the ex or the ex. But in times of social media, that's not so easy. Facebook wants to facilitate its users the separation in the future.
Avoid contact with the ex
If a pair of lovers part, friends are usually fast with well-intentioned tips against heartache on the spot. Some people find it better to distract themselves, others say that talking about it brings more. Many sufferers decide after a break to avoid contact with the ex or the ex - at least for the time being. In times of social media that's pretty hard. Facebook has now announced to facilitate its users the recent relationship end.

Facebook wants to help with a lovesick function separate couples. Picture: K.- P. Adler -fotolia

Facebook is testing new function
The US company said it will test a new feature that automatically filters photos and posts from the ex-partner out of the news flow. As the Facebook manager Kelly Winters explained, the freshly separated should be helped to deal with their former partners on Facebook. For a long time, users on the social network have been able to provide information about their relationship status - from single to "in partnership" to "disconnected" to "it's complicated". Now Facebook wants to propose users to automatically suggest the new feature as soon as they change their relationship status to "disconnected" or "divorced".

Virtual friendship does not have to be stopped
This allows users to decide whether the ex-wife should still be able to see their own photos or entries. Another tool should allow you to change old entries in the block or, on a case-by-case basis, so that, for example, the ex-partner is no longer mentioned or no longer identified on photos. The new functions are intended to help ensure that heartbroken users are not constantly confronted with their past love on Facebook without having to block their former partner or end their virtual friendship. "We hope that these settings will help people make relationships on Facebook easier, more comfortable, and more controlled," said Winters. The setting is currently being tested in the Facebook application on smartphones in the US. (Ad)