As a general rule, if it looks or feels inappropriate to post to one of these kinds of sites, then it probably is. Profiles should be squeaky clean with the person's best foot forward. Scandalous postings and photos should be avoided at all costs. Some examples of people getting in trouble because of what they post:
- An education student at a university was denied a degree because the school administrators found pictures of her on her profile, which showed her partying. They felt the photo was unprofessional and gave her a degree in English but declined to give her the teaching certificate.
- A man was fired from his job as a school bus driver and a volunteer firefighter after he and his wife posted nude photos of him on Myspace.
- A Wal-Mart employee was fired for joking on his Myspace blog that he was going to bomb the store. He was subsequently denied unemployment because he made a threat. Duh!!
- A judge in Las Vegas was fired for his Myspace profile. He wrote that one of his interests was to "break his foot off in a prosecutor's ass" which made his impartiality during trials questionable.
- A sheriff's deputy in Florida(?) was fired for posting his bad habits on Myspace and his joking about putting people in jail.
- Another deputy was fired for posting racially and sexually inappropriate stuff on his Myspace profile.
People can put what they want on their profiles, but they only have themselves to blame if their photos and postings come around and bite them in the ass when they least expect it.
Use caution when using a social networking site.
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