I love my boss.
How do they track our freerepublic posts?
This company is reading AND copying your material and using it in a commercial transaction with a third party.
Seems to me a simple matter to sue them for violation of copyright.
Bet these guys kind of wondered why NO ONE ELSE had done this!
Big companies are simply extensions of the government.
More reason to work for yourself —THAT way you really CAN love your boss (cuz it will be YOU).
If they can match names with screen names, it could be very troublesome. Of course, matching actual name with other names can be a problem too. I have the same first and last names as sex offenders in Oklahoma and Alabama (different middle names, though). You can bet I abide the speed limit if I drive in either state.
IF you use your real name and address.
Not Freerepublic. I have a top secret clearance and, frankly, would appear to be a Tom Clancy novel character if anyone knew who I really was. But I always use free wi-fi and a special computer that I never use for anything else.
Good luck with that one, fellas.
In the end, we’ll all be Papillon if we’re not careful.
Im self employed he can kiss my A$$
I’ve started to use Facebook to look up possible hires. I’ve screened out a lot showing very freakish behavior and have hired those who seem to be well balanced. It’s definitely kept me from doing some bad hires. Anyone can put on a show for an interview.
The lawsuit-happy ABA (AmBulance chAsers) will like that. Thanks ruralvoter.
“anything you’ve ever said in public on sites including Facebook, Twitter and even Craigslist”
Nothing to worry about, then...
>>It means anything you’ve ever said in public on sites including Facebook, Twitter and even Craigslist could be seen by your would-be employer.
I was going for a high clearance job so I scrubbed my Facebook account and stopped sharing anything. It must have worked since I got the clearance.
But I do not say anything controversial on any web site where I am not anonymous. If it is clearly me it is all about “have a nice day and isn’t everything grand?” I don’t get into what I really think unless there is no tie to me. I’ve never mentioned my web site here. I probably never will, unless I don’t need a job.
Only if the courts can force JimRob to give up our ID’s......
For as long as I’ve been on the web, I have always operated on the assumption that any and everything I put on the internet can and will be seen by anyone in the universe.
I am coming up with a big “So what?” regarding this trend. I don’t have a Myspace or Facebook account, the only thing I have posted on Craigslist are household things I want to sell. Even if my real name and FR handle were associated somehow, I stand by what I say here even though a lefty might not like it. If I am not hired because a boss doesn’t like my politics, then I probably didn’t want to work for them anyhow.
I think this only negatively impacts those people who post every stupid detail of their lives on Facebook or Twitter including all their drunken partying and such.
I use an alias for everything. Just my closest friends and fam know it.
Chyea, a lot of companies are in the same boat. You wouldn’t believe how many prospective employers I’ve searched on the net, and turned their offers down after that. It’s a two way street.
The government’s first instinct here is to let the big employers do as they please. Most in the government are bought and paid for and they will not be concerned about the privacy rights of ordinary citizens unless those citizens rise up in mass to throw some of them out of office.
Opinions expressed on the internet by individuals have probably been viewed like confidential, inside your own castle conversations by many (however naively) up until now, especially by the majority who never disclose their correct name, etc.
But there is no doubt that many employers will intrude and meddle in the private lives of employees and potential employees as much as they can get away with it, even when there have been no indications at work that there are any problems.