My last three bosses were so inept, the businesses are no longer in business. Attractive men in expensive business suits does not equate to competence (nor does how long the company has been in business or how well known is the company name).
Oh, oh. My boss is an extreme Democrat.
Hope he doesn’t find the posts here where I said that Obama is a colossal twit who should be impeached, that Jimmy Carter is basically a traitor and that Democrats in general tend to be be liars and sex maniacs.
Additionally, it is possible to register on FB as "12345_frobozz" but then will your friends go to the same great length to hide themselves? If not, they will tell the whole world who you are. If you want privacy you should have no FB account, and preferrably no friends who know your real name.
Accounts on Web sites like FR are not a big concern. FR doesn't ask the contact information, and it doesn't insist on usernames being real. About 100% of usernames here have no connection to a name, let alone an actual person. To be double-sure you shouldn't reuse the usernames between sites. Then it becomes extremely difficult (and probably not worth of trying) to match posters here and elsewhere to real persons.
An executive summary therefore is simple. If you have a Twitterbook account, delete it. You will be better off without it. You still can talk to your friends, but you don't have to do it by sending them an equivalent of notarized depositions so that the whole world knows about them and can store them forever at uncountably low cost. Just call your friends, or meet them, or send them an email if all else fails. Emails are still private, though Google works hard to change that.
If someone believes that I'm too afraid of computers, I'm working with them since 1980's and I only know too well how dangerous they can be when programmed by people who are determined to spy on you. Computers are good, but as most tools they must be used with care. The generation of twitterers just hasn't realized it yet.
There was a time when there was a division between work and your life.
I am old enough to recall the phrase...”leave it at the door.”
I have a big issue with employers scouring the social sites to control their employee. And that is exactly what it is...control.
On the clock behavior ....is the employer’s realm.
Off the clock behavior....none of their darn business.
This is a form of the new fascism in case you have not realized it yet. You will think, speak, and act accordingly or you won’t be employed.
“Social Intelligence Corporation”
It should get interesting when this company is linked to 5 million porn sites, and it’s battling 100,000 abuse of server complaints every day. The dopes are also hanging a huge sign that says, “Hackers Welcome!” Can’t wait to see the CEO as a member of the KKK.
Profit, if it makes any, will be spent on mountains of security and legal costs. Talk about stupid...