High Noon: Facebook Divorce Notice?

On the Huffington Post, Abby Tolchinsky writes: “As a divorce mediator and lawyer, sometimes I feel like I’ve heard it all. I am terribly hard to shock. And yet, yesterday something shocked me: a divorce announcement via email. What’s more, it was both thoughtful and tasteful. The thrust of the email: We have been married a long time, we will always be friends and parent peacefully together. Please let me know if you notice anything when your child is with mine about which I should be concerned.” I suppose in retrospect, the initial shock wasn’t warranted. After all, if social media has been a contributing component of so many enormous world shifts (see Arab Spring), then why not as a means of announcing the most intimate of life changes?

Question: Should you announce your divorce on Facebook?