Sorry, You Can’t Be My Facebook Friend
Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate the question: Is there any good way to tell colleagues that you have a no-Facebook-friends policy at work?
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at 4:43 PM
This week, Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe discuss the etiquette of refusing to friend co-workers on Facebook. Listen to Episode 29 using the audio player below or by opening this player in a new tab.
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Don’t Post Pictures of My Kid on the Internet
Texting on Takeoff
The Case of the Cross-Dressing Newbie
Hey Buddy, Check the Comment Thread
The Shrinking Reply and the Vanishing Valediction
Do Evites Cheapen a Wedding?
“We Can Hear You Having Sex”
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Keeping Your Email Address Private
Getting Scooped on Facebook
Enough with the Earbuds
Texting During Dinner with Co-Workers
Are Some Things Better Expressed NOT On Your Facebook Page
Who Invited the Smartphone to Dinner?
Accepting a Friend Request
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Email Gone Astray
Must I Tell Facebook I'm "In a Relationship"?
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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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