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In class today we where dealing with face book articles and reading them and discussing them in class. These articles most defiantly sparked my interest because it talked about how what you put on face book and other socialising networks in general can effect more than you think. Not only can it affect others out look on you but your job as well. When i started reading this I could not hel[p but to ask my self if this way of judging people is bad or good? Could this be a good thing or a bad thing? And could something of this nature effect me in the future?
One of the things that they go off of when looking you up o face book is some of the pictures you have on there and also some of what you say and write on your profiles. Pictures such as parting and drinking are one of the main things that could set you on the wrong road to the job you are trying to get or keeping the position or job you already have. The articles talked about how the things you put on the Internet should not effect your job and i completely agree with this side of the article. The way i look at it is that when you have a good job and your doing well, your boss is not going to look at your myspace or face book page and say, "Oh last weekend you volunteered at the hospital and you should get a raise."No, they would only go to these socialising networks to find bad stuff the person they are looking up and i think that is so wrong.
If you can punish someone for something they put on there myspace, then it should work the other way around and people that have good myspaces should be rewarded. What really gets to me about this new era of using social net workings dealing with jobs and school and effecting peoples lives is that they could be making a huge mistake and letting go good people and the ones that are really Now this really gets to me because if a student has a good grade point average and meets the requirements he should not have to be declined from attending a college or university are young and even the perfect little angel student might post something that a college dean might find offensive but to a young adult may not. And just because there difference in age and time is different it will effect the student from getting into college?
I understand there view on this subject and can see how this could be a good thing. On the other hand I also think that if they are going to have bad consequences then they should have a just as equal good consequence. Social networks such as myspace and casebook are very popular today and when i read these articles it seems like the only people safe from this sort of thing would be people who do not have a myspace or face book and the people who work for those social networks. I mean i'm sure theres get checked as well but comparing them to some of the other things that you might find on some peoples pages might just make there's look like nothing.
I have a feeling that this issue is far from being over and that more about using these social networks to judge people and student will have it's up and downs in the