Facebook made me do it…or not?
Dec 22nd, 2009 by admin
Divorces blamed on Facebook 
is thesun.co.uk’s headline. ZdNet.com puts it as “Does Facebook really lead to divorce?”. Well, does it?
Apparently, the social networking site has been named in divorce petitions as a reason for splitting. I’m really curious to know where the researcher (hired by Divorce-Online) found these petitions; in Washington State, all the Petition needs to say is that the marriage is “Irretrievably broken”. I think everyone is better off with this approach; it allows you to maintain some dignity. Considering that most states have moved away from the “fault” approach, where a divorcing individual would have to provide a reason for the split, I think that the results of this “research” are probably not generally applicable.
Larry Dignan on Zdnet.com summed it up nicely: “If people are going to screw around they will. Facebook is just a tool…”. In other words, Facebook is not to blame.