Researchers Use Twitter to Predict (And Analyse) Relationship Breakups [STUDY]

A team of researchers who used Twitter to study the breakups of hundreds of couples found that their tweeting behaviour changed significantly before and after the split.

The survey was conducted by researchers from Finland, Qatar, and Michigan, who looked at the tweets of 661 couples who they identified to be in a romantic relationship based on their social media activity.

The study documented three key psychological processes that take place during a breakup, all observed on Twitter:

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