Getting engaged changes your online persona, study finds

Those looking for love online should think carefully about their profile name, with research finding that starting with a letter in the first half of the alphabet as important as an attractive-looking photo.

Getting engaged leads to people coming across as less of an individual on Twitter while also “boasting” about their future, according to research.

A study followed 923 people who used “#engaged” to announce their new relationship status. It found that after people got engaged, tweets with the word “I” or “me” dropped by 69%.