How Late Is Too Late To Text?

Slate's new digital manners show debates the etiquette of texting after dark.

In this week's episode of Manners for the Digital Age, Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe debate the question "is it rude to send a text when the recipient might be asleep?"

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Vote on the correct answer to this week's manners question (and check back to see whether other readers agree):

You'll find previous episodes here:

Can I Split a Check With Groupon?
Can I Use My Phone at a Dinner Party?
Should I Return a Missed Call?

For more information about this new series, read our introductory article.

Podcast by Andy Bowers.

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Farhad Manjoo is Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society. You can e-mail him at and follow him on Twitter. Emily Yoffe is the author of What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner. You can send your Human Guinea Pig suggestions or comments to .

Illustration by Robert Neubecker.

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