Digital Manners: Are some things better expressed NOT on your Facebook page?

Digital Manners: Are some things better expressed NOT on your Facebook page?

Digital Manners: Are some things better expressed NOT on your Facebook page?

Navigating the intersection of etiquette and technology.
July 26 2011 11:09 AM

Are Some Things Too Private for Facebook?

Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate: Should you announce everything, even a death, on Facebook?

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Farhad Manjoo is a technology columnist for the New York Times and the author of True Enough.

Emily Yoffe is a contributing editor at the Atlantic.