Social Networking cost me my (fill in the blank…)

It’s funny, I overheard a conversation the other day that made me laugh and start thinking that this would be good blog fodder. A flight attendant was talking to some other attendants and she was asking everyone if they knew if Facebook showed when pictures were taken and what people could see when they looked at other people’s Facebook photos. The reason she was so worried was because she was planning on calling in sick the following weekend so she could go to a wedding.

Sites like Facebook and Myspace are getting people busted left & right.

People are getting fired and relationships are getting ruined because of pictures, status updates, and comments. People aren’t getting hired because more and more companies and hiring managers are checking up on people’s profiles online. I know this isn’t new but this recent article by Jake Widman on Computerworld talks about this and brings up some good privacy issues that come along part and parcel with social networking. I personally liked the quote, “Don’t do anything on Facebook you wouldn’t do in an airport.”

How Facebook mucks up office life.