As the world becomes more connected through various types of devices such as cell phones, email, facebook, myspace, twitter, and other "Get into contact with anyone at anytime" applications, do you think this is having a negative affect on our relationships?

For example, people are discovering more and more about their friends, family, and lovers through status updates, pictures, and wall notes that they otherwise probably wouldn't know. Some of the things people post are probably better left unsaid but they feel a certain safety in posting them. This in result creates friction among friends who have varying degrees of opinions and many people take a picture or status update in a way that wasn't meant to be taken simply because they are given the fortune to view it.

What do you guys think? Are social networks destroying our relationships or are they only brining us closer together. In my opinion, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" holds a very decisive meaning in this debate.

Just my thoughts.

-Josh