Comments on: Is it OK to friend your editor on Facebook? http://michellerafter.com/2009/05/06/is-it-ok-to-friend-your-editor-on-facebook/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Freelancing in the Digital Age Thu, 24 May 2012 00:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michelle Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2009/05/06/is-it-ok-to-friend-your-editor-on-facebook/comment-page-/#comment-1187 Michelle Rafter Thu, 07 May 2009 22:06:11 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=2673#comment-1187 I'm with you Corinne. I've accepted a couple friend requests on Facebook but have decided to use it strictly for family and friends so I'm not sure what to do. Do I unfriend those people? Keep them there but not interact? It's a tough call. On Twitter, as I've refined how I'm using the service, I've stopped following everyone who follows me. If someone unfollows me because of that, so be it. MVR I’m with you Corinne. I’ve accepted a couple friend requests on Facebook but have decided to use it strictly for family and friends so I’m not sure what to do. Do I unfriend those people? Keep them there but not interact? It’s a tough call. On Twitter, as I’ve refined how I’m using the service, I’ve stopped following everyone who follows me. If someone unfollows me because of that, so be it.

MVR

]]> By: Corinne McKay http://michellerafter.com/2009/05/06/is-it-ok-to-friend-your-editor-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Corinne McKay Thu, 07 May 2009 15:59:13 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=2673#comment-1186 This is a really important topic! Like Michelle, in my early Facebook days I accepted friend requests from a few people who I should have kept as professional contacts only, so I set up a Facebook friend list just for those people; friend lists let you hide basically everything on your profile from whoever you want; they can't see your status updates, post to your wall, whatever privileges you want to take away, you can :) Now I'm less wishy-washy about it and I just tell people that I prefer to use LinkedIn for professional contacts. This is a really important topic! Like Michelle, in my early Facebook days I accepted friend requests from a few people who I should have kept as professional contacts only, so I set up a Facebook friend list just for those people; friend lists let you hide basically everything on your profile from whoever you want; they can’t see your status updates, post to your wall, whatever privileges you want to take away, you can :) Now I’m less wishy-washy about it and I just tell people that I prefer to use LinkedIn for professional contacts.

]]> By: Michelle Rafter http://michellerafter.com/2009/05/06/is-it-ok-to-friend-your-editor-on-facebook/comment-page-/#comment-1184 Michelle Rafter Wed, 06 May 2009 21:30:53 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=2673#comment-1184 I've heard similar stories since posting this. One of my editors who read the post said: "It's interesting...I accepted a couple friend invitations on facebook--one from a publicist--that I now regret. I now segment who goes where--facebook vs LinkedIn. " Everybody needs a place online where they can talk about <del datetime="2009-05-06T21:28:39+00:00">boggers</del> anything. MVR I’ve heard similar stories since posting this. One of my editors who read the post said:

“It’s interesting…I accepted a couple friend invitations on facebook–one from a publicist–that I now regret. I now segment who goes where–facebook vs LinkedIn. ”

Everybody needs a place online where they can talk about boggers anything.

MVR

]]> By: Ron S. Doyle http://michellerafter.com/2009/05/06/is-it-ok-to-friend-your-editor-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Ron S. Doyle Wed, 06 May 2009 20:05:55 +0000 http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/?p=2673#comment-1185 Great advice---look first, identify the culture of the situation/person, then move forward. That can be tricky, though, because Facebook profiles are often hidden unless the friendship is established. Case in point: I befriended an editor on Facebook. She keeps it quite professional--updates on publishing/editing topics, notes that look like blog posts on journalism. It's great stuff and I'm glad to have her as a friend on FB, but I'm a little embarrassed of my "Ron's daughter just sneezed boogers on him... again" updates that were really meant for friends and family. Great advice—look first, identify the culture of the situation/person, then move forward.

That can be tricky, though, because Facebook profiles are often hidden unless the friendship is established. Case in point: I befriended an editor on Facebook. She keeps it quite professional–updates on publishing/editing topics, notes that look like blog posts on journalism.

It’s great stuff and I’m glad to have her as a friend on FB, but I’m a little embarrassed of my “Ron’s daughter just sneezed boogers on him… again” updates that were really meant for friends and family.

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