Hiding Your Party's Guest List
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate whether blind copying your invitees is a good idea, or just plain rude.
Posted Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 3:26 PM
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This week, Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate whether hiding your party's guest list, whether in an email or on Evite, is a good idea. Listen to Episode #6 using the audio player below or by opening this player in a new window:
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Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society. You can email him at farhad.manjoo@slate.com and follow him on Twitter.
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