Believe it or not, there's a new dating trend that will make you wish for the good old days of ghosting.

'Orbiting' is when someone who obsessively watches your Instagram stories and comments on your photos, all while steadfastly ignoring your DMs and texts.

Anna Iovine, who coined the term of this very 2018 phenomenon, said these social media lurkers are experts when it comes to keeping you, "close enough to see each other; far enough to never talk".

If you are wondering why someone would waste their time doing this, dating expert Persia Lawson told the BBC it's a way of not shutting down communication for good. "It’s a way of them showing you, 'Hey, I’m still here'"

There's not really an established etiquette on how to behave post break-up in the social media age yet, but there's one thing we do know: the block button is there for a reason.

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