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#1018 Too much time playing with a new device | Timeline

Dear Mariann, Here’s a strange occurrence for you, before Xmas a new chap had just started at my place of work. He seems affable enough but like many people these days seems more interested in playing with his device than any real conversation. Is there a way in the New Year to force him to [...]

27 December 2011 at 08:56 - Comments

#1017 cheap booze and low expectations

Dear Mariann, Help – my ex has just friended my manager and I’m worried that he will see all the photos the ex has tagged with me at Yates’s party – and such like. How do I stop this? From Help ex! in reply to post #1016 could the DEMAND passwords as well? Welcome to [...]

15 December 2011 at 23:59 - Comments
Thank you
I want to wish you season’s greetings and thank you for being a role model for many of us women ...
17 December 11 at 01:14
Anonymous
Happy Christmas
25 December 11 at 08:46

#1016 could they DEMAND passwords as well?!!!!

Dear Mariann, My U careers office has a list of companies that will ‘clean’ people’s online profiles before they do job applications. In the Daily Mail there is a story about how employers can demand your Facebook password as part of a job application. Should I pay the money for a clean out? From Cleaner [...]

4 December 2011 at 08:38 - Comments
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11 December 11 at 08:15
TagMan
How do I stop mates tagging me in photos when I am pissed? Keeps happening and I don’t want ...
15 December 11 at 17:49

#1015 Is she calling my bluff?… Help!

Dear Mariann,  I arrived and sat down for a weekly evening out involving food, drink and silly behaviour. My university tutor from Xxxxxx University was at the next table and talking loudly with a young man who was not her husband. When they got up to leave, she glanced in my direction and (I am [...]

27 November 2011 at 09:30 - Comments
Anonymous
Manky
27 November 11 at 21:03
Cleaner
My U careers office has a list of companies that will 'clean' people's online profiles before they do job applications. ...
1 December 11 at 13:11

#1014 free coupon

Dear Mariann, Over a drink the other night my friend revealed that he has a ‘friend tidy’ on a regular basis to maintain his networks and not appear ‘unsightly’.  I take a different approach and friend as many people as I can – whether I know them or not. I wonder who has the right [...]

12 November 2011 at 07:14 - Comments
Anonymous
OMG me BF has friended his ex. I'm well pissed with em. Should I dump his face or ...
24 November 11 at 16:53

#1013 self-administered drunkard skirmishes

Dear Mariann With my iPhone 4S I can use Siri to talk to my Facebook. Trouble is got drunk …. said things… Siri posted things…. lost friends From Siri in reply to post #1011 old damp fur coat Really? I find this strangely exhilarating.  I’m confused by your friends reaction. Surely you’ve managed to transgress [...]

30 October 2011 at 11:53 - Comments
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6 December 11 at 09:16
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16 December 11 at 15:10

#1012 a night spent tagging (not shagging) on Facebook

Dear Mariann, I made a getting smashed at Uni group and me mates put pics. My tutor somehow found them and she says it is not appropriate and that we are all being sexist. I think she does not like men. Does she have any right to report me to the Dean? From Shaggy in [...]

30 October 2011 at 11:38 - Comments

#1011 old damp fur coat

Dear Mariann, I have unfriended Adam Werritty but he keeps poking me and hanging about like an old damp fur coat. How do I get him to shove off? From Foxy (old) in reply to post #1010 Facebook ID. It’s an ID card stupid. I’ve had similar issues with a recurring Werritt to my fox. [...]

16 October 2011 at 22:03 - Comments
Shaggy
I made a getting smashed at Uni group and me mates put pics. My tutor somehow found them and ...
28 October 11 at 16:06
Siri
With my iPhone 4S I can use Siri to talk to my Facebook. Trouble is got drunk .... said ...
30 October 11 at 09:02

#1010 Facebook ID. It’s an ID card stupid

Dear Mariann, Facebook have filed for a trademark patent for Facebook Business Cards and a non-magnetically encoded ID Cards. What’s this? From The Future of Facebook like 50-days in the future (and maybe TechCrunch) Oh, so you’re surprised by this are you? More fool you. Here’s my conundrum; it is YOU who signed up to [...]

16 October 2011 at 07:36 - Comments
Foxy (old)
I have unfiended Adam Werritty but he keeps poking me and hanging about like an old damp fur coat. How ...
16 October 11 at 21:23
Old Foxty
I have unfiended Adam Werritty but he keeps poking me and hanging about like an old damp fur coat. How ...
16 October 11 at 21:24

#1009 unusual patient

Dear Mariann, My doctor wants to friend me – is this usual? From Anonymous in reply to post #1008 Facebook is like The Sun Ah, I had hoped that this incident was a one off, but you have now contacted me eleven times in one week so I think that your Dr related conundrum deserves [...]

16 October 2011 at 06:57 - Comments