How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook -CNN.com-

How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook -CNN.com- (CNNU campus correspondent Michael Hernandez is a senior at University of North Texas. CNNU is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the United States. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of CNN, its affiliates or the schools where the campus correspondents are based).
DENTON, Texas (CNN) -- Ashley Shinn didn't know she was in a relationship until asked to confirm it in a message from Facebook.
The 22-year-old University of North Texas senior received a Facebook request from her new beau after a kiss.
"We didn't talk about it, then we kissed and then that night he sent me that request," on Facebook, she said. "Without discussing it. I was like, 'Oh, OK, I guess.'"
Shinn is one of more than 67 million Facebook users. The social networking Web site has redefined privacy online by allowing users to create profiles with photos, quotes, personal information and relationship statuses (...)

Comentario : un avance mucho más significativo de lo que a priori parece. Son plataformas de relaciones sociales, con los riesgos implícitos de las relaciones virtuales, por lo que tratar de controlarlas es un paso de gigante.