Should employees be allowed to look at facebook, twitter, etc?

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It is weird this notion of hiring companies asking for passwords. They escalated it right to wanting into your private home and into your intimate space. That is invasive.

I was always confused why the idea was never just a friend-request so that they can visit as an invited guest and then you could still restrict some areas. After all, when you interview, they don't hook you up to lie detectors and psychics to "ensure" they know the deep parts of your psyche. After all, using the common opinion (that I read above here) "if you're willing to go into public, then all your psyche should be open for all to see. If you don't like it, never go in public." Dumb, right?

Anyway, I have a FB account I haven't been active in for 5 years and my picture is of a dog who died 6 years ago. I wouldn't be lying if I said I don't use FB.