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Originally Posted by joenunya
Not only do I not fully get the point of these social networking sites and features, I do have a concern that within a handful of years from now, they are going to be used to hire and fire employees, political and social witch hunts and any number of small-town style clique-like things. I'm saying this looking from the outside in so I might just not have enough understanding of these services....SNIPPED...
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Its already here. Court cases abound. Companies are being hired to perform social media "searches" as part of employee background checks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/te...rdle.html?_r=1
And no, I don't do fb. Or twitter. Nor do I ever post using my real name. FWIW.