What it is: Jumping off of Facebook, Breakup Notifier lets you log in, check off the friends you're interested in, and then emails you once they're no longer taken.
That's really it.
How it works: Program developer Dan Loewenherz explained the idea to the Huffington Post in an email:
I got the idea on Friday night when my fiancee and her mom were talking about a guy to set up with my fiancee's sister. Unfortunately, said guy was taken...so I asked them if they would want to get notified when he broke up. It was kind of a joke actually, but they loved it, and so on Saturday I spent about 4 hours building it out. I didn't really tell anyone until yesterday.I hope that people use it for good and not evil--it's merely practical. If you're going to check someone's profile every day, you might as well get rid of the tedium and have the changes get delivered right to your inbox instead. When people don't list their relationship status, Breakup Notifier reads it as "Unknown". So if someone changes, you'll get an email like the following:
"Hi Shirley,
Joe Shmoe has changed his relationship status to "Single" from "In a relationship". Get on it!
Best,
The Breakup Notifier"
Breakup Notifier has one application, so far -- it tells you when someone has broken up with their boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband/etc, as long as the breakup happens on Facebook.
One person writes in to the apps homepage to say, "great idea. this is actually how my wife and i met. no joke. i had just ended a long relationship and changed my status on facebook. she noticed and started messaging me."
So next time you're having a fight in your relationship over Facebook, don't say you weren't warned.
Source: Huffington Post
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