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What do you think about Companies & Goverment's interference in Social Networking? - nymom - 10-14-2012 04:03 PM
I read an article in the paper that said certain companies like Sears are now requiring to be friend-ed on Facebook as part of the job application process. Law Enforcement also requires this and they claim it's due to past job history. This could be a trend in the making, maybe a lot of companies will start following suit. I think it's more about trying to find out about what kind of person you are, and has nothing to do with job history. People are worried about the Government listening in on cell phone calls and spying, yet we are airing all of our dirty laundry right on the internet with FB. Twitter, MySpace, etc.. Facebook is like handing a pair of binoculars to our neighbors. What are your thoughts on this?
@Brendan - Well that's just plain BS, but what do you think about it???
I say we all delete our accounts. FB is lame anyway
- running2 - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
They want to know what we like we our families. This is all part Of their plan for a "new world order". Where there is one currency, one government, we are monitred and microchipped. They want to scare us to form "Marshall law". Fight the NWO and the illuminati, stop listening to justin Bieber lil Wayne and other mainstream people!!
- Brendan - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
That's nothing. Some universities and companies are requiring you to give them your FACEBOOK PASSWORD.
- bigterritory093 - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
Well, they would fail when they got to me; I do not partake in any social networking.
- Know It All - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
What about normal people who do NOT use such silly sites?
I'm completely against government interference, but I do take exception when we're dealing with sites like Facebook. What are adults doing anyway, on a site whose largest membership is comprised of hormonal teens with narcissistic personality disorders?
Let's face it - such networking sites kill time, and are a criminal waste of an employers money and the employees productive work hours - I do know how addictive FB can be if one's hooked on to it. There are other companies that require employers to share their accounts/passwords, etc.
I'd probably like a middle-path where prospective employers may not have to reveal their accounts/passwords etc, but block such sites completely from work places.
And yes, I'm completely against "friending" as part of seeking employment.
- My Evil Twin - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
it always saddens me to agree with KIA.
i am against any restrictions of free speech OR privacy.
- Damn! - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
I don't think companies will be able to do this for long, it is a violation of privacy...next they need to set up a company store and build little houses all in a row for the employees.
I don't have a Facebook page because of my fellow workers (former fellow workers now)...they probe and prod and look for ways to assassinate one another..a very sick environment.
- â¤Cinnamon⤠- 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
F*ck that! I don't want a NANNY gov. No f'n Wall Street business that is supporting all the damn*ed lobbyists, that is paying off all the poilticians based on who ever is the best puppet needs to tell me what the heck I can do on social network sites or gather their professional opinion of me based on my FB. God why don't they just put a tracking device on us all. Oh wait they have in our cells.
I am professional when I go to work.
I am not on my FB-professional that is! I also do not list the company I work for because I realize then I would be in representation of them (then they have reason to care what is being represented). But as long as I go to work do my job & act professional they should have no darn say as to my personal seperate life!
- Jessica - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
You're in the wrong category.
However, I think that this practice was thought up by someone who doesn't know how social network sites work, and also feels threatened by the sites. In fact, most sites will have, as a condition of use, that the the user keep control of his/her password. And if someone simply friends a company...then that someone should just move that "friend" onto the "special" list, the list that doesn't get to see anything else.
I have a FB account, but only to squat on my real life name (which isn't this one). If a prospective employer wanted my password, I'd let Facebook know about it, because this company is probably wanting to use its employees' (and prospective employees') accounts in order to spam their friends.
I'd view a company that wanted my password as a company that I didn't want to work for. I mean, if a company engages in certain unscrupulous behaviors, I view it as a red flag.
- LifeQuest - 10-14-2012 04:11 PM
I think it sucks, and violates so many human rights. What happened to my basic rights?