As the Facebook Insider reports, Facebook recently added a ‘Widowed’ option to its list of relationship status types in response to a growing petition.
Facebook's Updated Relationship Statuses, Including the Newly-added 'Widowed' Option
You wouldn’t really guess that many widows would be using Facebook, but the group behind the petition is a sign that Facebook is increasing their reach throughout the population – even to widows.
For many of us, the relationship status doesn’t change very often, but the new option should allow a very specific set of users the ability to make their relationship status more accurate than before.
Nothing real exciting, but still a major change for Facebook.
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Chris is a frequent contributor to The Coffee Desk, initially brought on as an infrequent "guest writer". He is a gamer first and foremost, but his skill in business and economics and his knowledge of the ever-evolving tech industry earns him the position as one of The Coffee Desk's best editors when it comes to telling it like it is regarding business trends in the software industry.
Widowed allows the world to know that person’s spouse is dead, and also that person is available, as no other of the seven categories is chosen.
Slow day at the news desk huh…
wtf? I see it as a valid complaint, but why would anyone get so worked up about letting the world know they’re widowed? especially for facebook?