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Subject: Employers look on your FaceBook page?
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Bungie doesn't like French on their site.

My few of my friends said when they were filling out job applications a number of them asked for their FaceBook url.

I'm guessing so they can look at your likes and what you talk about and how.

Is this a new trend for employers? Because I might have to delete some things if so. Mostly post from my own wall, not worried about info or my likes.

Thoughts on your employers or companies looking at your facebook page?

  • 12.09.2012 3:47 PM PDT
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Inappropriate. Went a little to far with the butt hole tearing.

I would tell those potential employers to suck a bag of dicks.

  • 12.09.2012 3:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: petitminou
I would tell those potential employers to suck a bag of dicks.


Or jump into a sea of dicks.

  • 12.09.2012 3:48 PM PDT

Good thing I'm a good boy on Facebook.

They've been checking Facebook accounts for a while now.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 3:49 PM PDT

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power" -- Abraham Lincoln

I would tell them to basically stuff it. There's no reason for them to do that.

  • 12.09.2012 3:49 PM PDT

You have the right to free speech, if you're employer doesn't allow you a basic human right then it's not worth it becuase they don't respect employees enough and probably treats them badly.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 3:51 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 3:49 PM PDT

Tell them that you keep your work life and social life separate.

  • 12.09.2012 3:49 PM PDT

Brainwashing, idiotic media: "hur dur, vido gaems cas vilenc n iz nt gud. dey ned 2 b baned."

Logic: Really? Then please explain how there's violence in third world countries. I guess they're all poor due to the large amount of video games they buy.

What if you don't have a Facebook?

  • 12.09.2012 3:49 PM PDT

Just remember that no matter how terrible you feel, or how much you want to let go, there are people who care about you and love you.

What if you don't have Facebook though?

  • 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PDT

"There's this theory that if there were an infinite number of monkeys pecking away at typewriters, they would eventually write the great works of Shakespeare, but thanks to the internet we now know that's not true." -Adam Savage

"Time is not made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round." -Caboose

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I'm kind of indifferent if it's right for an employer to check it. I mean, Facebook is public so you shouldn't put anything on there you wouldn't want your parents to see, but at the same time, it's a place to show who you really are. Some people might not like who you really are. It's a place to express yourself, but it's still public. Sooooo... I don't know if employers should check or not.

  • 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PDT

Uh yeah. Theyve been doing it for as long as facebook has been out. They look you up on every social network site.

  • 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PDT
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Inappropriate. Went a little to far with the butt hole tearing.


Posted by: BlazingAngel94
What if you don't have a Facebook?


What if you don't have a url? 0_0

  • 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

Many employers will search and find it even if the applicant doesn't willingly give them the URL.

It (FB) is a publicly viewable look into someone's life, habits and what they consider to be worth sharing with the rest of the world. If someone is foolish enough to put content on the public FB that would make themselves less employable, then they only have themselves to blame.

  • 12.09.2012 3:50 PM PDT

"There's this theory that if there were an infinite number of monkeys pecking away at typewriters, they would eventually write the great works of Shakespeare, but thanks to the internet we now know that's not true." -Adam Savage

"Time is not made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round." -Caboose

NOTE: This is my new primary account. My old account was AgentCOPP1, and I changed it because it was linked to a gamertag that I no longer use.

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Posted by: petitminou
I would tell those potential employers to suck a bag of dicks.


Or jump into a sea of dicks.

This post is the single strangest thing I've read all year.

  • 12.09.2012 3:51 PM PDT

Blind luck always prevails.

Fine by me. I can't remember the last time I posted something on my wall, I only use conversations now.

  • 12.09.2012 3:51 PM PDT
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Bungie doesn't like French on their site.


Posted by: Savage Opress
You have the right to free speech, if you're employer doesn't allow you a basic human right then it's not worth it.
Your facebook may decide if you get a job or not. I mean if you have things that your future boss doesn't like personality, that could could be a deciding factor. Like it or not.

  • 12.09.2012 3:51 PM PDT

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power" -- Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I'd go look for a job I would just block my page from everyone or delete it temporarily.

I mean, what if they don't hire you just because they see you're politically leaning one way or the other?

[Edited on 12.09.2012 3:52 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 3:51 PM PDT

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As an employer, you have the right to know who you're hiring.

  • 12.09.2012 3:53 PM PDT


Posted by: iRdACheef619

Posted by: Savage Opress
You have the right to free speech, if you're employer doesn't allow you a basic human right then it's not worth it.
Your facebook may decide if you get a job or not. I mean if you have things that your future boss doesn't like personality, that could could be a deciding factor. Like it or not.
i don't have a Facebook. But there is this hardware store near me on Airline Hwy that bans certain people from being employed due to ethnicity or orientatation or if they are Republican/Democrat. Which is why I hate the FB idea

[Edited on 12.09.2012 3:54 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 3:53 PM PDT

You're not allowed to badmouth the company you work for on your facebook. That's the only thing they will watch out for. But that doesn't mean they can't look at your other stuff to determine if you're a good hire.

  • 12.09.2012 3:54 PM PDT
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Inappropriate. Went a little to far with the butt hole tearing.


Posted by: PMC Fluffy
As an employer, you have the right to know who you're hiring.


But, I don't want you to know I liked Britney Spears's new album.

That's not cool, bro.

  • 12.09.2012 3:54 PM PDT
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.

It's easy to confuse (even in this instance) privacy with anonymity.

People tend to depend on anonymity to protect their privacy.

For example, I am in the crowd in a mall and I shout out something offensive. No one knows who I am (hopefully) and so, other than glare at me there is little that anyone can do. Since they don't know who I am, my anonymity has protected my privacy.

Online is similar, but trickier. Your anonymity isn't as certain to protect your privacy. In a real life crowd, other than someone following you home or a cop demanding your ID, there isn't much that people can do to find out "who that jerk is". Online? The information is there, and people can use a lot of tools and methods in order to track/stalk the individual.

Anyone who depends on their online anonymity to protect their privacy is (sooner or later) likely to have their privacy violated.

  • 12.09.2012 3:58 PM PDT

"There's this theory that if there were an infinite number of monkeys pecking away at typewriters, they would eventually write the great works of Shakespeare, but thanks to the internet we now know that's not true." -Adam Savage

"Time is not made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round." -Caboose

NOTE: This is my new primary account. My old account was AgentCOPP1, and I changed it because it was linked to a gamertag that I no longer use.

Posted by: Savage Opress

Posted by: iRdACheef619

Posted by: Savage Opress
You have the right to free speech, if you're employer doesn't allow you a basic human right then it's not worth it.
Your facebook may decide if you get a job or not. I mean if you have things that your future boss doesn't like personality, that could could be a deciding factor. Like it or not.
i don't have a Facebook. But there is this hardware store near me on Airline Hwy that bans certain people from being employed due to ethnicity or orientatation or if they are Republican/Democrat.

Isn't that illegal?

  • 12.09.2012 3:59 PM PDT

My facebook is private, and I use a nickname for it anyways. Not that theres much of anything I wouldn't want my employer to see.

I wouldn't give them my url for it though.

[Edited on 12.09.2012 4:12 PM PST]

  • 12.09.2012 4:11 PM PDT


Posted by: AgentCOP1
Posted by: Savage Opress

Posted by: iRdACheef619

Posted by: Savage Opress
You have the right to free speech, if you're employer doesn't allow you a basic human right then it's not worth it.
Your facebook may decide if you get a job or not. I mean if you have things that your future boss doesn't like personality, that could could be a deciding factor. Like it or not.
i don't have a Facebook. But there is this hardware store near me on Airline Hwy that bans certain people from being employed due to ethnicity or orientatation or if they are Republican/Democrat.

Isn't that illegal?
yea but alot of work places are corrupt here in New Orleans. I only work for one of them becuase I have no choice, I need the cash

[Edited on 12.09.2012 4:17 PM PST]

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