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The introduction of Facebook's new, automatically-generated"us" URLs for couples has bloggers buzzing, with many turning their thumbsstraight down at the company over privacy concerns, lack of notice, and a generalized dislike ofdigital displays of affection.
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Facebook has been offering "friendship pages," which pulltogether the interactions between any two friends on the network, since 2010.
But thanks to a recent upgrade, the service nowautomatically curates moments shared between two people listed in arelationship and places them on a joint page at Facebook.com/us.
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These "couples pages," as they're commonly beingcalled, display all correspondence, events attended, and photos tagged togetherfor the world to enjoy (or get sick over.)
Ugh puke! The smugness! Facebook launches couples page so users can chart their relationship. http://www.psfk.com/2012/11/facebook-couples-pages.htmlDervla Cunningham
Facebook launches "Couples" pages. In related news, I just threw up all over my desk. http://bit.ly/W1moJ7Peter Shankman
Facebook pages for couples: please kill me and take my eyes out with a rusty spoon: http://bit.ly/ZBoDSvJessica Reed
Facebook launches "couples pages", automatically launching joint profiles for couples. http://soc.li/its9H3Q Excuse me while I go throw up.Trillary Duff
Have an urge to vomit but don't feel nauseated? Solution: check out Facebook's new 'Couples Pages': http://bit.ly/RASze0 (via @rnadworny)Rachel Feldman
The only way to opt out of this service is to remove therelationship status from your personal profile completely, according to CNN,who spoke to Facebook's Jessie Baker by email.
"Youcannot deactivate the pages, but you can control what you share on Facebookusing the privacy settings for each post," wrote Baker.
"The friendship page respects the privacy setting of each post. This means the person viewing the friendship page may see each post elsewhere on Facebook, like on either friend's timeline or in news feed. You can curate your friendship page by hiding stories you do not want to appear."
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Calling Facebook's couples URLs "cringeworthy", The Telegraph's women'seditor Emma Barnett wrote that Mark Zuckerberg is "way off the mark withproactively creating couples pages which automatically curate people'srelationships."
"You haveinfantilized my relationship for me with the creation of www.facebook.com/us.Only I should get to do that," she continued. "And you may have just forced me,a newlywed, to finally take the plunge and break up with my husband onFacebook."
Jennifer Write at The Gloss pointed out the likelihood of aneven messier digital separation should a breakup occur.
"When you break up, where does theFacebook couple's page go? That is going to be like a knife right in yourheart-brain."
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Barnett and Write were not alone. Many expressed annoyance and made sarcastic quips about the pages on Twitter
Nothing says 'we're totally in love and we totally don't trust each other' like a couples page on Facebook.Jonno T
@artisticdork Oh yea. I just clicked on http://facebook.com/us and THERE was a couples profile of us. UNWANTED.Jen A. Miller
And this is why I dislike Facebook couples pages, they want us to be like this!!! http://pic.twitter.com/sE7o5TdMClaireLHuxley
When you've completely lost your own identity and every word out of your mouth is "WE". @Facebook Couples Pages http://facebook.com/usDavid Stehle
And to love that 'unsubscribe' button. MT @StateStSports: #Facebook created couples profiles. One more reason to love twitter.Dago
#Facebook couples pages is launched and oh so creepy http://www.facebook.com/usNick
I am glad that mr rogue and I never declared our undying love for one another on FB. http://bit.ly/Zo61pO #NoExitStacey Burns
Some were simply curious, and even excited by the idea:
Cute: Couples can relieve their mutual Facebook memories at http://www.facebook.com/us/Christian Zibreg
Hey! You in a relationship? Cool! Imma check out the status of your love. http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/12/tech/social-media/facebook-couples-pages/index.htmlSimone
From http://Facebook.com/us' profile on my wife and I's relationship.Yep, nailed it. http://twitpic.com/bcyubwShawn Hartley
Psst. Facebook now has "couples pages". Visit http://Facebook.com/us to review the page for you & your "boo" lolKishau Rogers
And a striking number of people appear to have gotten ill over the news.
I hate them worse than twitter parody accounts "@BauceSauce: Oh god Facebook Us/Couples pages? *Throws Up Violently*"Brain
I didn't realize they had a url redirect for this http://facebook.com/us ~ Facebook 'couples pages' make me want to retch http://bit.ly/TuorRBDigital Services
Get me a bucket. #puke MT @rribbitz So, your relationship is Facebook-official? Guess what, FB has a page for you... http://fb.me/1ogpDGVhyRealityTC
Because there isn't already enough to make you puke on FB // Facebook Launches 'Couples' Pages http://bit.ly/W1MUSM - PSFKGordon Hurd
Oh good lord. Couples pages on Facebook?? And it automatically makes one for you if you're married and both on FB. Excuse me while I puke.Erin Schultz
Tell the whole world how your relationship is doing thanks to FB's new couple profiles. You know, cuz we care: http://bit.ly/TD32Dk. *puke*Nicole Stockdale
Facebook has introduced pages for "couples." *puke*Jennifer L. Cherry
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