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"  Back in the day, men and women had pretty limited resources if they wanted to get the scoop on someone they wanted to date. Before the Internet, people had to ask around for intel by word of mouth and see if one of their friends knew someone who knew someone who knew the guy or girl in question. Luckily, we have some quicker and more reliable options for gathering info on a guy we wanna go out with, but men and women are split as to whether or not they think it should be used. A recent relationship survey asked 5,000 people about their dating habits, finding that nearly half of single women research a potential partner on Facebook before going on a first date. Interestingly, less than 40 percent of dudes admitted to doing this and, actually, nearly half of guys said they thought that such cyber-stalking was totally not cool.  On the one hand, scoping out a guy&amp;#039;s page can help you determine whether or not you two might click on a superficial level, as well as show you if you have any mutual pals who could vouch for him as a person. But, on the other, we can see how knowing too much about a guy before a first date could make things a bit awkward (like, if you accidentally reference something he wrote in a status update) or cause you to unintentionally form preconceived notions about who he is based on his profile. Do you Facebook stalk a guy before you go on a date? Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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