When to reject on Facebook

I get a lot of requests, as I’m sure do many others, to go to events, invite friends or join groups on facebook and the groups are the ones where I sometimes have to think twice.

With my day job I write a wide range of articles on everything from surfboard bans to government reform and on to what you would call a cafe converted from a toilet.

Which also in turn covers the range seen on Facebook - most of the time I just accept the invite and forget about it - often I’ve accepted invites from groups on two sides of the same argument.

But as more people, especially those in power, start to join Facebook and set up groups - I’m having to ask whether, as a BBC Journalist, I should accept their friend request or join a ‘topical’ group.

One school of thought is to accept anyone and any request that gets sent - that way I’m not showing one or the other as a favourite - this also means I can still use Facebook as a good information and journalism resource - but stops me being able to use it properly as a ‘friends’ space.

The other thought is that I reject anything I don’t agree with personally and use Facebook as nothing more than my own personal space - after all It’s not a work tool.

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