Why You Must Delete Your Ex

And she'll even interact with you, promises Cloud Girlfriend

(NEWSER) - If, for some reason, you need to convince all your online friends that you have a girlfriend ... start hoping Cloud Girlfriend makes good on its promise. The new service vows to create your "perfect girlfriend," who will then interact with you publicly on the social networking site of your choice, AOL News reports. Though the service hasn't officially launched, visitors to its site are encouraged to "register early to get in line" due to overwhelming demand. But some doubt it ever will see the light of day; AOL notes that Facebook's Terms of Service agreement bars computer-controlled accounts, which may spell doom for the company. Click for more, including reactions to Cloud Girlfriend . More»

Those 'friends' you don't know may serve a purpose

(NEWSER) - Facebook "friendships" may seem superficial—but they actually strengthen social ties, a study suggests. “Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family, and colleagues,” a professor behind the study tells Reuters . After surveying 900 college students and recent grads about their Facebook activities, researchers found “evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy, and community.” More»

Status updates might not be best data

(NEWSER) - A graphic attracting attention across the web purports to show when it's most common for couples to break up—based, of course, on Facebook status updates. By searching for the phrases "broken up" or "break up," it delivers supposed revelations. For one, we are collectively shrewd about breakups, cutting the chord before vacation times like spring break or summer—but we won't dump someone on Christmas Day. And Mondays are the most likely day of the week to sever ties, Mashable notes. More»

These should fuel your daydreams for a while

(NEWSER) - Sure, Facebook can ruin your marriage . But it can also spark Hollywood-worthy love stories. The Frisky rounds up the 10 best:

• Young love: When war broke out in Ethiopia, 16-year-old Sysay Tedros and her family fled to England, and Sysay lost track of her boyfriend Getu. Ten years later, she reconnected with old friends on Facebook who gave her Getu’s number—and they followed through with their plan to get married.
• Military romance: Jamie Benefit corresponded with soldier Jeremy Clayton during the Gulf War and found him 19 years later on Facebook. They met face to face for the first time and soon fell in love.

Tiffany Baillie weeps when Gregory Todd presents the ring

(NEWSER) - Now that's unconditional love. A man in Britain has asked for a woman's hand in marriage—not long after she stabbed him in the back with a 12-inch knife. And he did it in court, the Telegraph reports. Tiffany Baillie has admitted to stabbing her boyfriend while he was asleep in December; the crime occurred near the first-year anniversary of the death of her infant and soon after a miscarriage. Her lawyer says she was consumed with grief and doesn't know why she did it. More»