--- title: Your Friends Hate Your Facebook Relationship PDA, According to Study description: A study carried out at Haverford College found that partners with lots of PDA on Facebook are disliked more by their friends. canonical: https://time.com/2917482/surprise-your-friends-hate-your-facebook-relationship-pda/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-24T20:21:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:06.338Z og:title: Study: Your Friends Hate Your Facebook Relationship PDA og:description: The more PDA, the more hate. og:url: https://time.com/2917482/surprise-your-friends-hate-your-facebook-relationship-pda/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff7e7106b65bfba/698698fecd6848369e0955f7/relfie_time.png?branch=production&width=800&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 800 og:image:height: 450 og:image:alt: relfie_time og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Study: Your Friends Hate Your Facebook Relationship PDA twitter:description: The more PDA, the more hate. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteff7e7106b65bfba/698698fecd6848369e0955f7/relfie_time.png?branch=production&width=800&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Surprise: Your Friends Hate Your Facebook Relationship PDA > Sponsored content. 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That term comes from a study carried out by Professor Benjamin Le of Haverford College in Pennsylvania dissecting the social politics of Facebook relationships. By analyzing the profiles of Facebook users who are in relationships as well as charting the reactions to fake profiles that were set up to mimic relationships, the study found that oversharing about your partner might make others “think your relationship is going well, they will like you less,” Le writes in [Science of Relationships](http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2014/6/23/what-does-your-relfie-say-about-your-relationship.html). “Those disclosing a lot about their relationships were the least liked.” “Viewers can glean your relationship quality relatively accurately from what you post about your relationship on Facebook,” Le explains. So whether it’s going well or badly, your friends know. Relfies actually improve others’ perception of your relationship, just remember your friends will also hate you for your social media PDA. 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