justascientist, I'm a 33 years old male and that probably makes it easier to accept for other people. For a female it's probably harder to live with a "slut" label that comes associated with that. Here is a summary of the reactions:
Two coworkers: "LOL"
Three friends: "Well done, I like that"...
I've set my status to open (visible by anyone) recently and things worked fine for me. Other then a few mocking remarks from "friends" nothing initially happened. But after a while people started showing up in real life and because they saw my status they started opening up to me and sharing...