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gaius
It's been said that the credit card companies have such good data on spending patterns that they can predict major life events, such as weddings and divorces.

Anyway, I called Amex and they wouldn't tell me mine...

jdrock
I'm curious to see if this guy will get a letter from Facebook's legal department, like Pete Warden did.
aw3c2
This means 10000 status updates that mentioned a break-up. I did not guess that at first and was surprised how many of 10000 random updates could have been breakups...
shaddi
Probably looked at relationship status changes. I'd personally be interested in seeing the opposite -- i.e., peaks in people starting relationships, as well as the inter-arrival periods of relationships.
scrrr
Hm. Any idea why people break up so often before Christmas?
smiler
College kids rushing into relationships at the start of term and then breaking up at Christmas when they go home for holidays?
jcdreads
"I'm thinking about breaking up anyway, and I don't feel like spending a bunch of money on a Christmas gift."
thibaut_barrere
Just a guess: because it reminds you that another year just passed ?

If you don't like your current situation, then it put you into the perspective of your whole life being wasted.

jplewicke
Based on their election widget and access to demographic information, Facebook probably could put together scarily accurate, realtime election results.
topherjaynes
10,000 statuses over the course of year is not a significant percentage. Did he just pool his friends status's?