Fighting on Facebook?

Do you and your significant other publicly duke it out on Facebook? Yeah, me neither.

But apparently some people do -- at least if you believe this NY Times article, which describes a common(?) tendency to air your relationship tiffs on Facebook.

Why? Sometimes, it's to get your friends to weigh in, take sides and decide who's right.

If that's the intended purpose, it often backfires, the NY Times article notes. An excerpt:

But rather than win support, fighting in front of your friends will more likely convince them that you shouldn’t be together in the first place, marriage counselors say. That certainly seems to be the case among friends of Facebook fighters, who, like any witnesses to a public spat, are caught in the middle, unsure whether to intervene or mind their own business.

I've witnessed relationship fights on Facebook and I think they're pretty lame.

In fact, I think any kind of public fighting -- whether it's on a laptop or in a restaurant -- signals tremendous immaturity. Here's my column on that topic.

Do you weigh in on Facebook fights, or simply smile while watching the drama from afar?

(via TresSugar)