Minding your manners in the digital era

Ellie O’Byrne checks out our attitude to modern manners and talks to the experts about how etiquette is not dying out with new technology — but is simply just evolving with it.

Late one night, I got a Facebook friend request from someone with plenty of mutual friends, whose name seemed familiar.

I thought that maybe I’d met him at an event and accepted the request. Minutes later, I got a personal message from him propositioning me.