Since it’s early beginnings at Harvard University, Facebook has always been a ‘hook up’ site. College students could go to a party, then search for the person they met. In fact, the original difference between Myspace.com, hotornot.com and the other early comers to the social media scene was that you could display your social status with Facebook. I’m single, looking, not looking, in a relationship, engaged, married, whatever.

I’ve heard of so many people finding ‘true love’ on Facebook, from only from friends, but old lost loves finding each other and hooking up.

One of the serious problems dating sites have is safety. You might get to know the person via email, phone calls, then meet up with them. Chances are if your warning antennas haven’t gone up by then, you’ll have a good date. But it’s a ‘roll the dice’ thing, as you don’t have any other relationship connections with that person.

With Facebook, you know people because of their connection to you. You have to invite them to be a part of your life. You can see their friends and whom they’re connected to. So there’s a much larger picture to the person than the photoshopped ‘hottie’ image you’re getting on the dating site.

With so many people on Facebook, why wouldn’t you use it to ‘screen’ people first? In fact, one way I screen people is to piece together enough information from their profile on the dating site, search online for them, then find them on Facebook. I wouldn’t contact them through Facebook, but at least I got a good idea about the type of person they were and if they were compatible.

Facebook is a very interesting social phenomenon, and is changing the way we interact with each other. If you don’t have a Facebook account, probably good to get one. Might change your life.

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