friendster....yer fired!
I'm a bit late in the game with this one. But it looks like a girl that worked at friendster got fired for posting on her personal blog that she was hired to convert the site from java to php which would make the site less poky. This post got picked up by slashdot then by wired and then finally to the executives desk that ultimately fired her ass!
cNet has a good review of this. Here's my take on this crap. Sites like myspace, friendster , ork, and other social networking sites are really scary as well as personal blogs like xanga and the like because we tend to post info about ourselves as well as join groups and other online clubs. Little do we think about who actually sees this crap. It could be our friends and it could be our bosses. So what happens when your boss reads your personal blog or friendster profile and sees what you are associated with, like perhaps the sheep fuckers club, or you have a 'i hate my boss' riff. What's stopping them from firing your ass for any of these that they don't like or deem appropriate for the company? This goes well beyond the whole background check.
I think people tend to be honest with their answers in any of these social networks, which makes us way more vulnerable than anything else. Really puts things into perspective. Should we make our blogs and friendster profiles by invite only? If so, then whats the point?
stupid mother faulkers!
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friendster
cNet
myspace
xanga
cNet has a good review of this. Here's my take on this crap. Sites like myspace, friendster , ork, and other social networking sites are really scary as well as personal blogs like xanga and the like because we tend to post info about ourselves as well as join groups and other online clubs. Little do we think about who actually sees this crap. It could be our friends and it could be our bosses. So what happens when your boss reads your personal blog or friendster profile and sees what you are associated with, like perhaps the sheep fuckers club, or you have a 'i hate my boss' riff. What's stopping them from firing your ass for any of these that they don't like or deem appropriate for the company? This goes well beyond the whole background check.
I think people tend to be honest with their answers in any of these social networks, which makes us way more vulnerable than anything else. Really puts things into perspective. Should we make our blogs and friendster profiles by invite only? If so, then whats the point?
stupid mother faulkers!
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friendster
cNet
myspace
xanga
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