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How to Leave Your Lover, Web 2.0 Style

Breaking up with someone can be awkward. Can Web 2.0 tools like Twitter and YouTube help? You bet!

Edward N. Albro

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If you feel that your romantic splits just aren't humiliating enough, you should consider shooting for a spectacular relationship flameout witnessed by a live audience of thousands--and viewed online nearly 2.5 million times. This time we didn't have to make it up: It happened not only to this guy, but apparently to a number of other guys on YouTube. The lesson: No one likes having to answer a question while appearing on a Jumbotron.

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