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    Told you so

    First I wrote this:
    Just about anyone can read what's posted onto social networking websites like MySpace and FaceBook. 'Anyone' includes the intended audience of friends, but potentially relatives, teachers and employers too.
    And now there's this.

    Thank you and goodnight.
    Last edited by Steve; 17-07-2007 at 11:16 AM.
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    easiest thing to do would be to restrict your page to only those on your friends list

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve B View Post
    easiest thing to do would be to restrict your page to only those on your friends list
    That's just putting up a hurdle, not stopping anything.

    Fixed the first link btw.
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    bah humbug, i hate social networking websites anyway

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    And here.
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    When did the idea of posting persons details on-line suddenly become not stupid?

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    When somebody rolled out a new version of the web (2.0)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve View Post
    When somebody rolled out a new version of the web (2.0)
    Sorry, that is of course correct. It's just my mind keeps trying to forget it ever happened.

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    See, I told my teachers there was nothing wrong in being an anti-social misfit.

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    Facebook is the worst, because it uses your real name, and has timestamps everywhere. Going on there during working hours is just *begging* to be disciplined for misuse of company time.

    I actually use it as a decoy or "official" profile. I've purposefully added the company (which the bosses could easily search on if they had an account), a bunch of friends to show that I have a social life, only visit during lunch or after work to demonstrate that I respect company time, and keep it clean, nothing incriminating. Whilst not making it so squeaky clean that they'd see through the decoy... it has to reflect a realistic 25-year-old, without appearing to be a pissed up loon. Of course, I use a much more anonymous alias on bebo the rest of the time

    Anyone who puts their true details on Facebook and then loads it with incriminating stuff deserves what they get for their stupidity IMO. Especially if they're retarded enough to do that with their company name in there too! (One of my colleagues put her company name and then "but hopefully not for much longer" - doesn't bother me of course, I just hope she doesn't get her wish the wrong way!)
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    "but hopefully not for much longer" - doesn't bother me of course, I just hope she doesn't get her wish the wrong way!)

    That's the problem with writing stuff on the net, that comment by your friend was prob meant to be 'slightly' humerous, but others may not see it that way. So much of our language is made up of facial expression, which of course is missing when written down.

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    Aye, that is also true....

    In this case, I do know said colleague isn't entirely happy with pay/conditions/etc, much like most... if not all of my friends in their first proper jobs (I'm in my second). Once you're in the 2nd, or for some maybe 3rd or 4th you start to notice that everywhere is the same, nobody is happy, grass is always greener in the jobs page of the newspaper etc

    But yeah, misinterpretation is one of many reasons why employers shouldn't judge your professional self based on your social self (or an online interpretation thereof), especially if you're already working for them and doing a perfectly good job.

    There are also those cases where you slag off your boss in front of friends even though you don't actually mind said boss (to sound good / fit in / whatever) - much like gossip by the coffee machine, it's a good idea not to go shouting it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cloudane View Post
    Aye, that is also true....
    But yeah, misinterpretation is one of many reasons why employers shouldn't judge your professional self based on your social self (or an online interpretation thereof), especially if you're already working for them and doing a perfectly good job.
    Couldn't agree more here.

    That being said, security and social networking sites are always going to be an issue.

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    Its sad that companies feel the need to judge the professional conduct of there employee's by what is portrayed on social networking sites. What should it matter if they go out and have a night out now and again!! Hardly like they are representing the company at night to be honest!

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