How many times have you asked yourself: When is it okay to friend? Do I really know Water Cooler Joe well enough to be buddies on the Internet? Do I really want to know Water Cooler Joe on the Internet? Would you call him "a contact or acquaintance?" Or do you have "feelings of affection and personal regard" for said person? These universal questions of our technological age have recently been troubling even the austere minds of Florida's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. Yeah, I know, kinda seems like those Floridians don't have enough to do... But apparently the judiciary system of this great state of sunshine, orange juice and retired folks decided that judges and lawyers are no longer allowed to be friends on Facebook, according to this NY Times article How many times have you asked yourself: When is it okay to friend? Do I really know Water Cooler Joe well enough to be buddies on the Internet? Do I really want to know Water Cooler Joe on the Internet? Would you call him “a contact or acquaintance?” Or do you have “feelings of affection and personal regard” for said person? These universal questions of our technological age have recently been troubling even the austere minds of Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. Yeah, I know, kinda seems like those Floridians don’t have enough to do… But apparently the judiciary system of this great state of sunshine, orange juice and retired folks decided that judges and lawyers are no longer allowed to be friends on Facebook, according to this NY Times article. Now, the committee’s ruling is apparently only advisory–they think friending between judges and lawyers displays some “impropriety.” But I wouldn’t be surprised if next time Mr. Head of Ethics Committee logs into his Facebook account he’s got some angry wall postings awaiting him.
In my opinion, this is just yet another grand example of why Facebook is slowly destroying the world. After years of addiction, I’m happy to say I destroyed mine last month. Use this WikiHow article to stop the cycle yourself.
