Big friend

[FlabLoser]

You've all heard of big brother. Enter, big friend.

There have been numerous PR disasters as a result of athletes, and sometimes students, broadcasting dirty laundry and defaming their own universities through social media. I've wondered how this is going to end. Eventually, somebody will find a way to control this. I'm not sure what that will be.

But some schools are requiring athletes to friend coaches or administrators so the school can keep tabs on the kids' social media. That seems a little invasive to me.

An even worse trend is that companies are beginning to demand facebook passwords as part of the interview process. WTF? That's akin to asking for an email password or bugging someone's house. The ACLU has gotten on that and made some change, but not much.

http://redtape.msnbc.msn....cants-facebook-passwords

 

[Dawghouse]

If a company asks you for your facebook info during the interview process they are doing you a favor. If you give it to them and get hired you deserve what you get later when they are spying on you.<div>
</div><div>I realize jobs are hard to come by for some but that would be a huge red flag for me to run like hell if a company wanted to invade my privacy.</div><div>
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[DerHntr]

I have to admit, after nearly a year of not having it I do feel completely in the dark on a lot of totally useless and unimportant events in the lives of people that I barely knew. It's tough I tell ya.

 

[KurtRambis4]

completely missed out on the "standing broom."

 

[DerHntr]

son of a *****. gonna have to do it. I am sure I will regret wasting time on that instead of wasting time on here.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Luckily though, I work somewhere I have my manager, my directors, my VP, etc. as FB friends, and they all party just as hard as I do.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

 

[awalkerdog]

waaay to much of your personal business being made public. Haven't missed it at all.

 

[PBRME]

Simple solution. Don't post pics of you in the middle of criminal acts, or stories explaining said criminal acts. Example, a pic of you chiefing or explaining how much you had over the weekend will land you #1 on HR's reasonable suspicion drug list. Common sense goes a long way.

 

[DerHntr]

nm

 

[sleepy dawg]

I see nothing wrong with an employer asking to look at your Facebook page as part of the interview process, as long as you remain in control of the page. If you don't like it, don't let them look. Asking for passwords however, is wrong, and that is no longer legal.

That being said, I don't think it's fair to make athletes "friend" anyone they don't want to. Schools and/or the NCAA could still set rules around social media that could be enforced. Those rules should be things you can't do (such as cursing at your head coach), and not things you are forced to do (such as "friend" the head coach).

 

[mstateglfr]

Employers should also use their imbalanced weight right now and pressure interviewees into opening their wallets/purses to see what is inside.
Oh, and all text messages should be handed over too.
Add in access to all email accounts, can't forget those.

It would be beneficial to know where a potential hire spends their money, so full viewing of all checking and savings accounts is an obvious must! Toss in access to view all retirement accounts too, you never know what you may find!

Of course, no passwords should be handed over, so all this should be ok to reveal. Right?

 

[EmoryBellard]

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