填空题 It wasn't so long ago that the idea of a college romance playing out online--for better or for worse- would have been deemed weird, nerdy, or just plain pathetic. 1 But then MySpace came along, and Facebook took ver - and today, courtship has become a flurry of status messages, e - mail flirtation, and, not so uncommonly, breakups that play out publicly for all 400 of your not - so - closest friends. And while a Facebook split is clearly not the ideal, Katie Vojtko has been on the other side of it, too: she ended a recent romance through an e-mail--to which shenever heard back. "It's not something I'm proud of," says the 22 - year - old, who graduated in April. "But technology just makes dating so much easier. "

• A. It's easier to approach each other, to talk casually, to get to know one another and feel out romantic potential without ever having to trul put themselves out there.
• B. "And you don't even have to be on the computer to engage in it. "
• C. They can see where that person grew up, their political interests, whether they're "looking for a relationship" or only interested in" hooking up. "
• D. As the thinking went, if you had to go to the Web to find a mate, or break up with one, it must have meant you weren't capable of attracting anyone in the real world.
• E. Now a relationship may still begin by locking eyes acrossa crowded bar, but instead of asking for a phone number, the next step almost surely involves a Facebook friendship offer,
• F. David Hein zinger, a 24 - year - old new - media specialist in New York, recently asked a girl he met at a happy hour to dinner.