Personally, I feel as though I have been denied a job due to pictures and information on my Facebook. That being said, I think every company has the right to view the Facebook of a possible job candidate. Facebook is a public website open freely to everyone. Also, you can learn a lot about a person with some simple profile information and a few pictures. This information could be extremely useful in search for the right person for the job. I agree with you in the simple idea that if you have something you don’t want people to see or read, then don’t put it out in the open on the internet.
I made a recent personal decision to deactivate my Facebook. Even with all the good aspects of Facebook, I felt as though the negatives outweighed the positives in my case. Not only can it create a bad image for you, but it can stir up personal issues that would never come about otherwise. Also, I had almost 600 “friends” on Facebook, all of whom had access to all of my pictures and all of my posts. In reality, there are probably only a handful of people I want seeing my pictures and reading my posts and most of them are friends I see on a regular basis, therefore making me feel as though Facebook is pointless. I feel as though people forget that not very long ago there was no such thing as Facebook or Twitter and everyone seemed to get by just fine. I would strongly recommend everyone to deactivate their Facebook and see what happens. For me, since deactivating my Facebook I feel much less stress in my life and I have much more free time on my hands. I can safely say I won’t be reactivating it anytime soon.
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