Victoria Turk

Somehow I expected more about handling electronic communication at work, and less about dating apps and such. Extremely basic advice. Spot fake news by checking the sources! I do like that phone calls make her shudder. But I disagree with her that you should text a warning before you call. The three words I hate most in MS Teams are "can", "I", and "call." Every fiber of my being screams noooooooooooooooooo you canNOT, while my fingers type the letters "O" and "K" because I'm such a good show more team player. If they'd just call and rip the band-aid off, it would be better. There was a blessed period when work texting blossomed when nobody called anymore. Then MS Teams made it so easy to make a Teams call. Pththththth on you, Microsoft. show less

Quick read with a light touch and useful framework for digital interactions. I mostly skipped the romance section, though I saw as I flipped past that some emoji have double meanings I would like to avoid. Yikes.

Turk's tone tends to the sarcastic, which left me feeling a bit down about humanity as I binge-read her book. I have committed a few of the errors she described, as is true of every etiquette book every where (or why would I read them - I'm not perfect). But she doesn't shame, she show more just informs and teases a bit.

She's British and I think quite a bit younger than me, so her digital peers are different than mine. I think readers can to take this book with a dose of perspective. If all your friends still like talking on the phone, it's OK. Go ahead and talk on the phone. But know that many people don't like to. She does touch on generational differences, but mostly this book shares the rules of her generation. And honestly, they are the ones setting the rules for digital stuff, so that's a good and appropriate thing.

My teens have enjoyed scanning some of this book as well. They thought what they read of it was funny and true, and helpful as they face a world in which they'll have to use e-mail rather than just texting. show less

Pretty thin in the content department. First chapter was about email, had a lot of obvious advice (at least obvious if you’ve been using email for a while). I liked the following chapters better, because I know less about the subjects (online dating, social media, stuff like that). Sometimes funny, but a lot of the humor is shallow. Got an extra star for being short.

A young Brit woman shares her thoughts on social media etiquette. Valuable to me mostly for info about apps I don't use (Snapchat, Instagram). The short book contains a lot of common sense and recommends consideration for the feelings of others, which is what all etiquette should be about.