Web networking spins new take on romance

It started when he added her as a friend on Renren, a Chinese version of Facebook. They began visiting each other's home pages and leaving each other messages. Later, virtual gifts were sent and a romantic relationship was born "online". A typical romance in cyberspace.

No one can deny that social networking websites such as Facebook can be an incredible tool for building and strengthening friendships. From their detailed personal information, you can not only track down your friends from primary school, but also get to know their latest status at any time, wherever you are. That's probably the reason why Facebook has 400 million active users all over the world.

But when it comes to your love life, is social networking a good way to maintain a functional relationship? I'm not so sure.