Facebook profiles are for people, not companies

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Comment by Cissi Sherlock on September 30, 2009 at 5:45pm

Hey, Robby, sorry I misspelled your name! I have been popularizing your blog.

Reason? Another pet peeve of mine is those wicked post on Facebook where people call themselves txt writing and you can't understand a thing they say. I also hae issues with people who get on there just to gripe about everything and say how unfair the world is.

Man, it's Facebook - not your journal.

OK! You got me started.

Back to the topic at hand. My point is that these people just don't realize that those posts meant for "persons"s" (as referenced above) go far beyond that.

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on September 30, 2009 at 1:13pm

OMG, Robbie. You would have though I wrote it right down to the reference of "Girls Gone Wild"!

My problem, though (in an open minded sort of way) is that I know people like to have fun and they like to share. I do think it's unfair that they should be judged for sharing the likes of their own personal concepts of fun. But like my boyfriend said, "You you are going to put yous tit%*() out over the internet, then you have to be prepared to face the consequences of having your tit$%^!@# out over the internet!"

Do you think that if sites were created ust for fun and prospective employers were banned (I don't know how they would be. It's just a hypothetical question anyway), that people would than feel safer posting their fun pics?

In your blog You also get into the ethical question of "what will prospective employers judge you on when they read your favorites, or your political views, or what type of music you like, or (let me add this as I am an advocate) you are a college educated ex-offender who has turned his life a around and you now want to move past you discretion's and be a success in life.

Fact is, you can never tell how someone will judge you when they don't meet you face to face. Posts on the Internet is not the way to judge a person. But - it is now the way of the world, unfortunately.

Thanks for the input, Robbie.

Comment by Robby Slaughter on September 30, 2009 at 12:52pm

Cissi, I blogged about the phenomenon of researching new hires on Facebook last year:
http://www.robbyslaughter.com/blog/?2008-09-26

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on September 29, 2009 at 10:02am

Kind of takes the fun out of havin' fun, but people should know to be careful. I realize they want to share.

Comment by Michael Reynolds on September 29, 2009 at 9:53am

Cissi,

I think that's going to happen more and more and it's a great use of social media. When someone applies for a job at SpinWeb, I don't want a resume... I want to see their LinkedIn profile and then I will check them out on Facebook :)

Comment by Kirk Booher on September 28, 2009 at 11:17pm

I agree too. It is called facebook for a reason. As a integrated person, I talk and post about all kinds of things including business but much more. Dont think is should be 'commercial' and avoid those.

Comment by Cissi Sherlock on September 28, 2009 at 10:35pm

I had a conversations, just today, on the fact that companies peruse Facebook and other social networking sites to get a leg up on their prospective new hires. What do you think of that practice? .

Comment by john blue on September 28, 2009 at 10:16pm

Yes, true, companies are using profiles: this might be a violation of the TOS "Facebook users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:" http://www.facebook.com/terms.php

but Facebook is spotty in calling companies, uhhh, I mean people on this:)

Also, interestingly, one of their terms "You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser)." might mean you can't be commercial... But what is commercial and what is "commercial":)

John

Comment by David Sipe on September 28, 2009 at 11:11am

After a second read of your post MIke, I have to agree. The improper use of the profile vs. "Pages" seems to be the issue.

As a small business owner, I see no issue with promoting whatever you like in your 'personal page', but for a more targeted and effective ad campaign go with the "Fan Page"

Just my $.02

David
www.millionairemindindy.com

Comment by Chris Tomlinson on September 28, 2009 at 9:26am

I agree, bigger "companies" who use FB profiles instead of pages is a bit idiotic, but you could also argue that freelancers or small business owners could use profiles instead of pages. It's easy for me to use both because I'm such a small company.

But yea, I agree, Noobie Inc. is more than idiotic and they're missing the idea on how FB should be used.

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