Of course, the study also found that social media makes it possible or easier for users to reconnect with others, including past lovers, which could lead to emotional and physical cheating.
In 2012, British divorce lawyers were surveyed to determine if there was a connection between social media use and divorce. According to that survey, approximately one in three divorces resulted from social media-related disagreements. Similarly, a 2010 survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) found that four out of five lawyers used evidence from social networking sites in divorce cases, mainly Facebook.
One way to avoid relationship ruin over Facebook is to discuss appropriate limits on use with your partner, avoid snooping on one another, and make sure that you spend more time interacting in person than monitoring what the rest of the world is doing.Definitely, if it is already too late to prevent the inevitable, you can at least minimize some of the damage.Frequently, divorce and family law attorneys use postings on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the many other social networking sites as evidence.
Be cognizant of your potential audience before posting anything, even in the happiest of times. If there are already things online that you would prefer not coming up in a court proceeding or job interview, you should take them down immediately. If someone else posts embarrassing photos or comments, simply delete, “un-tag,” ask the acquaintance to kindly remove the offending post, or change your settings so that you must approve photos before being.