Why on Facebook?
There is an increasing and disturbing trend among users of social media sites, such as Facebook, to air their dirty laundry online. Time and time again I read and hear stories of people who have broken up via Facebook or Twitter, who have found out very personal information about a significant other by reading their status updates online and in some cases have war of words on each other’s walls. I have recently seen first hand how people who used to love and respect each other, are now at each other’s throat in a very public forum with all their Facebook friends as witnesses.
Why do people think is appropriate to air their dirty laundry for all their “friends” to see? Unless you only have your closest and dearest friends in Facebook (yes all 100+ of them) with whom you share all your intimate thoughts and information, your online friends may include current or former colleagues and people in the industry with whom you network. Sharing intimate information, especially in a negative format, can be detrimental to your career. Thanks to technology, there are so many ways to communicate your feelings to someone without having to actually speak to them that I really don’t see the need of using Facebook or Twitter to do this. How about e-mails, texts or even Facebook e-mails? At least the conversation and all the nastiness therein will only be between the intended recipients and no reputation damage will ensue.
Of course, you might even want to consider picking up the phone or meeting the person face to face, it might help clear things up once and for all 
