&gt; It seems like we&#x27;re engineering people to be terrible at handling the complexities of interpersonal relationships.<p>To me, this seems more like &quot;engineering Facebook to be better at handling the complexities of interpersonal relationships.&quot; Now we&#x27;re massively more connected, there&#x27;s more opportunities for unexpected pain. Features like this can help redress the balance.<p>In the days before Facebook you knew that unless you were going to your ex&#x27;s favourite places or hanging out with mutual friends, you weren&#x27;t likely to run into them or hear about them. But now it&#x27;s wherever you check Facebook – and even if you&#x27;re not a heavy Facebook user, millions of people are. As soon as you wake up? Over breakfast? During a slow meeting at work? Waiting for your coffee? There&#x27;s lots of times when I&#x27;d rather not wrestle with those emotions.<p>It&#x27;s not about enabling a safe space, or the right not to be offended. It&#x27;s about giving users more control over the content they see, and giving Facebook more information about whether a breakup was amicable or emotionally devastating (which, in turn, lets Facebook make better decisions about content that should show up in your feed).