<p>I had a very cool prof for a class during my fall semester - we'll call her "Sue" -- and had her again THIS semester for another course. We got along really well, always chatted before class, exchanged e-mails a few times (she was really helpful on giving me some pointers on my degree track, etc etc). I had to WD from her class this semester, unfortunately, and when I e-mailed her to let her know, I mentioned that she had turned up in my People You Might Know list on FB and that I added her - but didn't mind in the least if she ignored me, since I'd understand a prof not wanting to add students on a sosh networking site.</p>
<p>Long story short, she added me back, I really didn't think much more of it until yesterday when I came across an interesting article and thought "Huh, I bet Sue would like to see this, I'll drop it on her FB wall." Went to her profile and... you guessed it, found that I was blocked from her FB.</p>
<p>I wracked my brain trying to figure out what I did, and my most likely guess is that I curse in casual conversation, A LOT. I mean, I'm pretty sure I've set the world record for dropping the F-bomb, especially if I'm raging about something or other at the time. I've obviously NEVER done that while talking to Sue, but I let it fly pretty openly on my FB updates. Thing is, Sue is a really sweet, sort of timid woman, and I think my language totally made her go 'ew ***' and hit the block button. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a general f-list trimming bc I'm 90% positive her number of friends is the same as when she added me (I noted it back then because I was surprised at the number).</p>
<p>Here's the question: I really do respect Sue enormously as a prof and adviser and had planned on asking her to be my adviser as I had PLANNED on taking more of her courses in the future. Now I feel completely weird and awkward, and want to know: Should I do what my gut says and just basically avoid her from here on out? I'm pretty positive I don't <em>have</em> to take any of her classes unless the other profs teaching the same courses don't have any slots left, and that's unlikely. I just don't want to deal with an entire semester(s) worth of awkward interaction - it was obviously incredibly stupid to add her on FB and it's not a mistake I'll make again - but tell me, CC: What say you?</p>
<p>You don’t have to avoid her, just forget about it. Don’t add anyone that isn’t your peer anymore if you use it to be social.</p>
<p>I added this guy that is a DJ in the town of my school and is an alum, and I found out a few months into the semester that he is the student services coordinator at the alumni center-- when he was interviewing me for a professional contest. Thank god he’s cool or I would have been in serious trouble.</p>
<p>Thanks, TwistedxKiss! That’s sort of my plan. I’m not upset about it or anything, I just face-palmed (HARD) because I feel like I screwed up what could have been a really great academic/professional connection. Ah, well, so it goes. There’ll be plenty others. :)</p>
<p>She may be willing to just pretend it never happened as long as you maintain professional relations from now on, like if you take any more classes with her.</p>
<p>You may want to consider getting a linkedin account to network with more professional contacts. I just got one and really like it.</p>
<p>are you dumb lol if she blocked you on fb, you would not be able to see her name, let alone profile. A person can turn off comments on their wall in the privacy settings which I assume is the case. She probably turned them off since she is busy and just uses facebook for messages or w/e</p>
<p>^Yea, if she blocked you, you wouldn’t be able to even search for her name anymore–let alone still access her profile. If you’re able to send her a message, you know you’re not blocked.</p>
<p>Just pretend it didn’t happen. Don’t take facebook too seriously. Also remember, you can be friendly with your professors, but they’re not your friends.</p>
<p>[I think the OP just meant defriended, not blocked.]</p>
<p>Get over it and move on. Don’t treat her any differently in real life, though, and just switch over to email. I get the feeling it’s not because of language, but instead because of status. Lots of teachers get nervous about friending students, especially when they’re in their current class. [There’s a chance she’d be alright with friending you after you graduate or finish her class, but let her initiate that process.]</p>
<p>If only Facebook principles could exist IRL.
You see someone walking down the street that you don’t like, and you have your own Facebook employee who jumps in front and says “Sorry, this person has blocked you.”</p>