One of my authors friended me on Facebook

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

This isn't like a co-worker friending me; I consider them to be a peer. I've never considered any of the authors I've worked with as "peers." I work "with" them to produce their books but a lot of the time they're pissed off for various reasons; copyediting sucked, the typesetting sucked and the like. I take the brunt of it and do my best to resolve the situation.

I do have a better rapport with some authors than I do with others. I don't have much of a rapport with this particular author. He works really hard to make the deadlines I set for him but I'm willing to work with him (like I have a choice!).

I'm going to ask my fellow production editors tomorrow whether I should friend him. I was hired only until the end of February. My husband says I should friend him so he could be a possible reference. I want to wait until I see how he responds to the page proofs I just sent him.

So what says you, Peanut Gallery?

[underdog]

I have employees try to friend me all the time, but I never friend my bosses.

If he friended you, I'd accept it, just watch what you post about your job.

[PapaBear]

Friend him.

[jauble]

Get Linkedin and do it that way. Thats how I social network with all my people who want to connect for references.

[Zorro]

Ignore

[realmenhatelife]

I know people I deal with a lot atleast look for me on facebook, they want to see what I look like.

Any chance they're trying to set up an outside connection with you to try and throw you some work under the table?

[StanUpshaw]

He wants to sex you.

[KC2OSO]

My mom always said you can't have too many friends and besides you can always shed him later. If your gig is ending soon, get on LinkedIn too.

[CountryBob]

Are you Elaine from Seinfeld?

[spoon]

Jesus, facebook questions and concerns are ridiculous and inane at best. It's a fucking website friendship at best, who really cares unless you say shit about your life and dislikes on it like you do here. I can see that biting you in the ass.

I'm not trying to be a dick here either, I just think it comes down to what you put there if it makes sense. If you put personal shit up there, I wouldn't want anyone I'm not close with to see/know. Shit, most of the time it's only a certain group of friends/family that should be involved at all, much less 600 fucking friends.

The linked in stuff at least makes sense a little. Yet I can see as much bad coming from it as good with people being the idiots they are.

[spoon]

He wants to sex you.

Like a fruit fly?

[Justice4all]

Are you Elaine from Seinfeld?

:lol:

[Thebazile78]

Get Linkedin and do it that way. Thats how I social network with all my people who want to connect for references.

I agree with this.

I consider Facebook to be a more social site, though I have coworkers (and former coworkers) on my "friends" list.

However, I'd never friend an author. Ever. Not even the wonderful 4th Circuit judge who sent me his book about being a lawyer would make my short-list. I post far too many silly things on Facebook to feel comfortable about that.