St. Valentine Online

For this special day o'love I'd like to mention two recent news stories that caught my eye, both involving my favorite topic: Facebook & Relationships

Unless you live with the mole people. I'm sure you've heard about the dramatic events of last weekend involving the queen of branding herself, Rihanna and mega-douchebag boyfriend Chris Brown. The night before the Grammy's, Brown allegedly beat the Barbadian singer to the point of unconsciousness. Both celebs were scheduled to perform but were no shows at the awards ceremony. Brown has been in seclusion in Vegas since the incident but spoke out for the first time on what else but FACEBOOK. Probably not the smartest move to make a public statement on a social networking site but we're talking about a man who thinks it's acceptable to "pimp slap" women. One would assume that he would perhaps offer an apology or show some sort of remorse but this moron not only changed his relationship status to "single" but also posted the following: "You'll begin to see her true colors. Believe it!"

Okay, so let me get this straight Chris-- your 100 lb girlfriend is to blame for the heavy bruisng and BITE MARKS you inflicted on her? This guy needs to be locked up, with or without Rihanna's testimony.

But Chris's actions is apparently a growing trend in social networking ettiquette. A new survey has revealed that 48% of those under 21 and 18% of 22-30-year-olds say they have publicly dumped a loved one in the last 12 months via social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. This reminds me of the Facebook Divorce story I posted recently. I'm glad to hear the percentages lower as one becomes more mature but it still seems like an awfully shitty way of getting dumped. Happy Valentine's Day!

UPDATE: http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/02/facebook-potshot-chris-didnt-write-it.php

"A source close to Brown tells Usmagazine.com that the R&B singer has not been updating his Facebook status with messages about Rihanna.

Earlier the New York post reported that Brown updated his status to say "Single" and wrote "You'll begin to see her true colors. Believe it!"

But the source tells Us: "Due to the dubious nature of the Facebook page, I don't know how anybody would believe this. Of course Chris did not comment himself and this is not his Facebook page. A little research shows that there are tons of Chris imposters on Facebook and none of them are Chris, including this one."

Brown remains free on $50,000 bail as the D.A. decides whether to press charges against him for the alleged altercation last Sunday."