All social networking sites have the potential to cause serious marital problems. One of the worst is Classmates, because people will look up former high school sweethearts who are now divorced. The conversation usually starts with something like "I always wondered what happened to you" and it just goes downhill from there. I work with people who get sucked in to this on their work computers, thinking that it's innocent flirting, but once the person on the other end shows interest, suddenly these people open up private accounts and only access them from work. It's like lighting a fuse, except that for some reason, they seem oblivious to the fact that there's a bomb at the end of it. To directly answer your question: At this point, I doubt if Facebook is having any serious impact on the already high rate of divorce, but I'm willing to bet that it's pushed many damaged marriages over the edge.

Online temptation is very high. People enjoy speaking to others in 'cyberspace' where they get to express themselves more openly than face to face. As such, it is much easier for some to meet someone online and start up a relationship easily. This is very bad.

It is how you decide to use sites such as facebook that can be damaging. It is a great site to keep in contact with friends and family but I understand what you mean. A friend of mine caught her boyfriend cheating via seeing pictures on facebook and messages etc. So yes, I can definitely see how divorces can occur through use of sites like facebook. But it is not really facebook's fault. Remember the site is there for you to use as you please - it is up to you to put up what photos you want, add which friends you want and develop the relationships. Facebook does not have any control over this. So if someone choses to flirt online, and then continue relations either online or offline that is solely his/her choice. If this leads to divorce then that's the individual's fault. He/she should not have cheated in the first place! So it's not facebook's fault.

Hard to choose a best answer -- you both made great points! Thanks for your opinions.

Hey no problem. I always find myself in this same situation. Not knowing which answer to award because you get more than one good answer!