well i guess im guilty of confessionals... i tend to vent a lot on facebook. im not in the job market anytime soon, but I'm sure any potential employer can look back a ways. I am always leery of putting my location on places as well.

I really wish I could share Eden stuff on FB, but I have people on mine who can't see that stuff (children, "professional" acquaintances.) less

well i guess im guilty of confessionals... i tend to vent a lot on facebook. im not in the job market anytime soon, but I'm sure any potential employer can look back a ways. I am always leery of putting my location on places as well.

I really wish I could share Eden stuff on FB, but I have people on mine who can't see that stuff (children, "professional" acquaintances.) less

Is there a way that potential employers can see your facebook page without being friends with you if you have your privacy settings done right? I mean, in a legal way? Because all they should be able to see is like, your picture and a few things about you, so if you go off on a rant about how much you hated your last job, that should stick to just your friends I would think. That's why I won't add my boss on facebook, even tho he's asked.

And I so wish I could share Eden stuff too, but for me it's not so much the minors who can see things, it's family. And while I'm already one of the 'black sheep' of the family, I don't really need to make that any worse, lol less

You made me so nervous, lol. I just went and checked in the privacy settings and the birthday is something that you can set to friends only. Along with status/photos/posts, bio/favorite quotations, family/relationships, photos/videos you're tagged in, religious/political views, who can comment on your posts, places you check in to, and contact information. less

The other problem with FB is their continual widening of the types of information that are public by default. Here's a graph of that. link This is compounded by FB making changes without making it clear to users what is being changed and how that affects privacy.

If I ever start an FB account, it'll definitely be a G rated one, suitable for public consumption. less

I actually deleted my facebook about 2 years ago because it started to annoy me. Everyone on my friends list would constantly send me app invites- mostly people that didn't actually talk to me. Then, my aunt AND mother both got accounts and I couldn't deal with my family being able to check in on me that easily.. I like to keep my family life and social life separate! Once I created my alter-ego, Jesibel420, that was the straw that broke the camel's back, and both my facebook and myspace accounts were deleted. I figured that way there would be less of a chance of anyone in my "real life" connecting Jesibel420 with me, and give anyone who wanted to stalk the "real me" less of a chance of finding out who I am. Makes me feel better, anyway.

I've contemplated having a facebook page for my adult networking, and have actually signed up, but haven't done anything with it. I had a myspace for Jesibel420, but it was deleted along with a bunch of other "foot girls'" pages.. apparently Tom has a problem with foot models less

So one of my friends is always posting links to news articles, but today this one caught my eye. I normally don't really worry about what I post on Facebook, since I've got my privacy settings on like, the max, partially because of some issues with someone trying to get info on me they shouldn't have been and partially because my mom has made me a bit paranoid about things I post on the internet. But after reading this list, there were a few things that I know I'm definitely guilty of. But how about the rest of you?

Check out 6 things you should never reveal on Facebook. less

Jeez, most of this is common sense. My Man and I told our kids, when they first started going online to be careful of these things. ESPECIALLY the financial stuff and vacation plans.

I've heard that employers who are going to Facebook to try to eliminate people by looking at their profile are doing themselves (the employer) a disadvantage. There was no correlation between what supervisors thought was "inappropriate" postings and actual ability to do the work.

In any job. Just because someone parties on the weekend doesn't mean that most can't do their jobs. I think too many employers now are really getting into territory that is invading the privacy of everyone. less