I turned down 43 people on Facebook today (that’s a few days worth–I’m not that popular). I sent each of them a note explaining. I wonder if that makes any difference?
Is there an etiquette guide to Facebook friends yet? Someone should write it.
An ex-girlfriend asked to be my friend. That’s a girlfriend about 30 years removed. It was an awkward decision. Friend or no? I said yes hoping that was the end of it. So far it is.
Someone I disliked in college tried to friend me. Ignore.
In my note I said “Thanks for the friend request which I really appreciate. I hope you don’t mind but I am trying to keep my Facebook account for friends from ‘real life.’
At least one copy of that note went to someone I actually knew. Oops.
Let’s play Scrabble on FB, Geoff. If I win you have to friend me!
I think the issue is that several of your co-workers use FB as a connection to viewers to build viewer loyalty. There was an earlier discussion on MS’s FB about having two friend lists controlled by the FB privacy settings, one for “real life” and one for fans. Better than creating animosity IMHO.