Comments on: Facebook Divorce http://pinktape.co.uk/uncategorized/facebook-divorce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-divorce a blog from the family bar Tue, 22 May 2012 17:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark Keenan http://pinktape.co.uk/uncategorized/facebook-divorce/#comment-694 Mark Keenan Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:49:39 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=889#comment-694 Lucy The papers always "sex up" press releases if they can get a decent story out of it. They even get our domain name wrong as in the Sun article today which we had nothing to do with, but were quoted in. Nevermind, the publicity is always welcome. Lucy

The papers always “sex up” press releases if they can get a decent story out of it.

They even get our domain name wrong as in the Sun article today which we had nothing to do with, but were quoted in.

Nevermind, the publicity is always welcome.

]]> By: familoo http://pinktape.co.uk/uncategorized/facebook-divorce/#comment-693 familoo Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:32:45 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=889#comment-693 Hi Mark, Thanks for your response. I hadn't imagined any different - and your experience of the ubiquity of Facebook matches mine entirely. Actually what I was getting at was the way it was reported in the article I cited, which is evidently a step beyond your original press release. And I see from <a href="http://www.familylore.co.uk/2010/01/what-are-you-doing.html" rel="nofollow">Family Lore today</a> that its not just facebook - now its twitter (Groans)... Hi Mark, Thanks for your response. I hadn’t imagined any different – and your experience of the ubiquity of Facebook matches mine entirely. Actually what I was getting at was the way it was reported in the article I cited, which is evidently a step beyond your original press release. And I see from Family Lore today that its not just facebook – now its twitter (Groans)…

]]> By: Mark keenan http://pinktape.co.uk/uncategorized/facebook-divorce/#comment-692 Mark keenan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:11:52 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=889#comment-692 As you know I am the person behind the story. The actual press release quite correctly referred to the fact that the word "Facebook" appeared in 989 out of 5,000 petitions, nothing more, nothing less. The story came from some blog articles I had been reading from lawyers in the US about them sing facebook entries as evidence in adultery cases. I then thought I would see how many of our petitions ( as we have the largest UK database) featured the word. I thought it would be an interesting story as it shows how ubiqutous faceBook has become in all our lives. In all of the interviews I have done subsequently I have made it plain that FaceBook does not cause divorce, people cause divorce, and it is merely the latest in a long line of tools that errant spouses use. It is also easier to get caught because of facebook as you never know which one of your spouses 235 friends might be sat next to you in the restaurant while you are upto no good! As you know I am the person behind the story. The actual press release quite correctly referred to the fact that the word “Facebook” appeared in 989 out of 5,000 petitions, nothing more, nothing less.

The story came from some blog articles I had been reading from lawyers in the US about them sing facebook entries as evidence in adultery cases. I then thought I would see how many of our petitions ( as we have the largest UK database) featured the word.

I thought it would be an interesting story as it shows how ubiqutous faceBook has become in all our lives.

In all of the interviews I have done subsequently I have made it plain that FaceBook does not cause divorce, people cause divorce, and it is merely the latest in a long line of tools that errant spouses use.

It is also easier to get caught because of facebook as you never know which one of your spouses 235 friends might be sat next to you in the restaurant while you are upto no good!

]]> By: James Stewart http://pinktape.co.uk/uncategorized/facebook-divorce/#comment-691 James Stewart Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:44:16 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=889#comment-691 Great post. The headlines "One in five divorce cases use Facebook as evidence"etc simply borrowed from some rather dubious "research" conducted by an on-line divorce outfit.In my view it was fabricated rubbish, a sad Xmas publicity stunt. Great post. The headlines “One in five divorce cases use Facebook as evidence”etc simply borrowed from some rather dubious “research” conducted by an on-line divorce outfit.In my view it was fabricated rubbish, a sad Xmas publicity stunt.

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