Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. Barrett, who lives in Illinois, is part of a growing movement of young people who are urging lawmakers to protect children whose parents monetize their private lives on social media.
You’d think, but the lines are blurred all the time for some. No matter how chummy I am with someone at work, I really don’t want to be one angry post away from an HR incident.
I ignore the request and if they say something about it I just tell them I basically never go on it. Anything I post is private so from the outside it looks like an abandoned account. I hope.
It’s definitely a quandary some people can be put in. “Do I friend my boss on Facebook and watch what I say on Facebook or do I pretend I don’t use Facebook and never accept and watch what I say so they don’t know I use it or do I turn them down and tell them I don’t want to friend them on Facebook?”
Thankfully I’ve never run into that. But I think I’ve only made about two comments in the last five years and haven’t made a post in probably fifteen years.
Isn’t that what LinkedIn is for?
I’m not big on social media, but I have a pretty firm separation between Facebook friends and LinkedIn contacts.
You’d think, but the lines are blurred all the time for some. No matter how chummy I am with someone at work, I really don’t want to be one angry post away from an HR incident.
When your boss does something like friend you on Facebook, what the fuck are you supposed to do? Tell them no and get on their bad side?
I ignore the request and if they say something about it I just tell them I basically never go on it. Anything I post is private so from the outside it looks like an abandoned account. I hope.
Hopefully they never hear you talk about something you read while there.
In my case that’s not a problem, but I can see where that could be an issue.
It’s definitely a quandary some people can be put in. “Do I friend my boss on Facebook and watch what I say on Facebook or do I pretend I don’t use Facebook and never accept and watch what I say so they don’t know I use it or do I turn them down and tell them I don’t want to friend them on Facebook?”
You can put them in a restricted group that doesn’t really let them see anything.
Or at least you could, I haven’t really used Facebook in years.
Thankfully I’ve never run into that. But I think I’ve only made about two comments in the last five years and haven’t made a post in probably fifteen years.