Casual Fridays: How do you know if someone's friendly?

This week's Casual Fridays survey studies the cues you use to decide if a new acquaintance is friendly or confident. Greta and I have a couple of ideas about how the responses might break down in America, but we're especially interested in how customs differ in different parts of the world.

Click here to participate in the survey.

As always, you'll have until 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern time on Wednesday, February 22 to complete the survey, which should only take a minute of your time. But don't wait too long, because the survey will close when we receive 250 responses.

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