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The Times of London has a hilarious story on the rise of a new phenomenon they dub the "Facebook Suicide," — completely deleting all your information from a social network. If this were an actual, measurable trend, it might cause some consternation in the social networking world, but, after reading the article, Silicon Valley should be relieved. All the people quoted come off like complete technophobic loons. Take 27-year-old Stephanie, who quit Facebook to save her relationship with her insecure, insanely jealous, and manipulative boyfriend, who couldn't stand to see old pictures of her on her exes' profiles. "Facebook was damaging my relationship with my boyfriend to such an extent that if I hadn't done it [deleted her profile] we wouldn't be together now," she states. "As soon as my Facebook profile died, our relationship improved." Right-o there, Steph. It's Facebook's fault that your boyfriend is an abusive control freak. But leave it to the therapists to take the whole thing way too seriously...

Patricia Rogers, a counsellor and fellow of the BACP, even worries that the feelings that lead to Facebook suicide could trigger the loneliness and lack of self-esteem felt by people who really do take their own lives.

"It could be incredibly damaging for the ego to realise that you haven't got as many friends as you thought you had, or that those friends aren't particularly meaningful," she says.

"Comparing yourself with others, a big preoccupation on sites such as Facebook, can be damaging psychologically so, as a precaution, I think that people who leave should be carefully monitored, or at least checked up on, and then referred to counselling resources if necessary."

We look forward to seeing flyers for the Facebook Suicide prevention hotline come up in our newsfeed.