There are few things on the internet that give us as much pre-teen giddiness as a flirty Facebook chat. If you’re like me, you’re generally repulsed everytime you hear the little *clink* of a Facebook chat message, because 99.9% of the time it’s the LAST person you want to talk to (i.e. the most boring person on your friends list). However, on the off chance that an old fling or a new guy/girl you met recently sends you a message, that little *clink* quickly shifts from miserable to heart-pounding.

That being said, people shouldn’t meet on Facebook. Furthermore, people shouldn’t add each other on Facebook if they’re beginning to date. Why? Because why should a person you’re getting to know get to know you before you get to know them?

Sorry, that was confusing. But let’s just say you met some chick at a bar, and she (using her FBI-rivaling powers of Facebook searching) tracked you down and friended you. Not only will she spend the next 5 to 10 days browsing through every photo album and status update you’ve ever created, but she’ll have read your About Me about 400 times and will probably know half your friends’ names. So if you happen to meet up with her again, the exchange will go something like

You: “Yeah, I’m a film maj-”

Her: “FILM MAJOR I know yeah I know I saw that”

You: “…Uh, yeah, and my favorite director is-”

Her: “WES ANDERSON?? Yeah I know me too.”

You: “…Okay… ha, uh… anyway, me and my friend Ky-”

Her: “KYLE JENSEN AND YOU ARE ENTERING THE 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL WITH THE THEME HEARTBREAK ON JULY 16th?”

Facebook takes all the fun out of meeting people, hooking up, and getting to know them. Stick to dating sites, and more specifically, OnlineBootyCall.com ;)!