Pass the Tissues: Facebook Break-Ups Visualized

This is damn interesting.  A visualization at the highest form: revealing, surprising and yet somewhat foreseeable.  

This image describes Facebook break-ups (defined by a relationship status change to “Single”).  Sure, I knew that spring break was wild, commitment and summer don’t sit well together and, for those who make it through spring break, the lingering temptation of spring often breaks you eventually.  What I wasn’t expecting though, were so many Christmas cop-outs and the tough April mondays.

For more on Facebook and data, check out this great portrait of Zuckerberg by the New Yorker.  In the meantime, enjoy the last 6 weeks of your relationship.

(Source: mathiasmikkelsen.com)