I stumbled across this story a day or two ago and have just managed to get around to blogging about it.

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So not only is it impossible to break up with someone via Facebook status without incurring the wrath of Digg — it’s also apparently impossible to go through all of that and not have someone wondering whether or not the whole thing is just a hoax — or at least a publicity stunt.

I’ve been following the Sandra scandal since day one — or should I say hour one? — and it’s not a hoax. How can I be so sure? Well, for one thing: I actually know Sandra.

Sure, some of the details of all of this are murky: was she hacked? Did she pull things herself? I can’t say for sure. But what’s very clear is this: she broke up with her boyfriend via Facebook, her friend put it on Digg, and then the whole thing blew up in her face.

For the record: Sandra is a very nice girl. I like her. She’s quite a bit of fun at parties — and she’s a demon with a Rubik’s Cube. She just had a lapse in judgment — and unfortunately, it’s a lapse that involved putting her personal life on Digg.

Perhaps the takeaway here is: break up with someone however you want, but keep it off Digg. That’s way more of a mess than any break up.

In my own opinion, break ups are hard things to deal with and the last thing anyone wants to do is found out that the person you are dating has dumped you live on Facebook via a status message, which is visible to everyone! Not only that, but once Digg fans find something they like, the word travels darn fast and in this situation there were thousands of diggs for the article.

I feel sorry for the poor boyfriend, or should I say ex-boyfriend, well thanks to the net, you already know he’s an ex!

There’s some more information on the Wired Blog Network site.