retroremakes
February 11th, 2010, 17:05
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_breakuptext.jpgIt's an admittedly small sample size from a start-up social network, but even so: that's ice cold. MocoSpace (http://www.mocospace.com/) surveyed 20,000 of its 10.3 million members, and found that SMS is the weapon of choice for 47% of phone break-ups.
Other disheartening statistics gleaned from the study: a third of MocoSpace users have used their phone to flirt with someone else while on a date, and 57% have used their phone to end a relationship.
I don't know what that says about the state of American Dating, but I do think the moral of the story is don't get too close to a MocoSpace user. They'll chew you up and spit you out in 160 characters or less. [TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/its-not-u-its-me-survey-reports-50-percent-use-texts-to-break-it-off/)]
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Other disheartening statistics gleaned from the study: a third of MocoSpace users have used their phone to flirt with someone else while on a date, and 57% have used their phone to end a relationship.
I don't know what that says about the state of American Dating, but I do think the moral of the story is don't get too close to a MocoSpace user. They'll chew you up and spit you out in 160 characters or less. [TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/its-not-u-its-me-survey-reports-50-percent-use-texts-to-break-it-off/)]
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