URGENT! RECEVED FROM A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK…Here is the list HACKERS ALERT!!!DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FRIENDSHIP INQUIRIES FROM: ROLAND DREYER, MATTHIAS DAMBERGER, MARIO SOMMER, FABIAN BERNEDER OR FRANK BECKER !!!!! THESE ARE HACKERS!!!!! THEY CAN DESTROY THE HARD DISK!!!!!!… PLEASE, COPY TEXT ON YOUR BULLETIN BOARD!!! 
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just one reason why i dont confirm friend requests from people i dont know
facebook is like a small town diner. Everyone talking about and having to know everything about everyone else. Not that its a bad thing but i grew up in a small town and that’s what it reminds me of.
If I ever want to add anyone to my friends list I just do it on IDO 
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I personally will NEVER have an account on face book or my space ect…. I didnt want to talk to them back then nor do I now …I do ALL my visiting here on IDO or up @ Everts.
Dean I will see you tomorrow if you are around… 
I got on facebook so I could have a place to post all my pics in one place and share them with family and friends. I never thought I would reconnect with so many old friends that I had lost contact with over the years. For me facebook has been great and it has been a great way to spread the word about IDO with the IDO FACEBOOK PAGE.
I am pretty sure you cannot get a virus or have anything malicious happen to you if you do it through Facebook. The only way these things happen is if you get a fake email impersonating a Facebook email and you start by clicking the link in the email. If you get a message that looks like it is from Facebook, go to Facebook by typing the URL in the browser and confirm the notification that way instead of click a link in the email.
Did you know that credit institutions and potential employers are beginning to review applicants social networking activities. Not only are they looking at applicants, they are looking at “friends” of applicants.
Theory is that if your friends aren’t credit worthy or have other issues, you may as well.
When you say credit institutions… are you saying that banks will pull up your Facebook page, see who your friends are and run their credit report also, in order to see if you qualify ??? I find it hard to believe, if I have an over 900 score, that my best friend from 20+ years ago’s 460, is gonna stop them from loaning me the cash$$$ 
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Did you know that credit institutions and potential employers are beginning to review applicants social networking activities. Not only are they looking at applicants, they are looking at “friends” of applicants.
Theory is that if your friends aren’t credit worthy or have other issues, you may as well.
Actually,, THat’s a great idea! If I’m Hiring, now I know a little more about what I’m getting.. As for the credit part.. I doubt that there’s much value to knowing anything about your friends,, employers yes.
Dont they need a social security # to run a credit check ? I know that there is 1 other person in the world with my same first and last name and not only that but if I have my profile set to PRIVATE how will they ever know or obtain any information?
Did you ever hear the story that went along the lines of “the sky is falling, the sky is falling” or the boy that cried wolf
In conclusion I DO NOT add people I dont know, I have added people from IDO but never a person I dont know and with taking that kind of simple precaution I should never have to worry about potential virus threats, credit companies and potential employers.
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Did you know that credit institutions and potential employers are beginning to review applicants social networking activities. Not only are they looking at applicants, they are looking at “friends” of applicants.
Theory is that if your friends aren’t credit worthy or have other issues, you may as well.
Actually,, THat’s a great idea! If I’m Hiring, now I know a little more about what I’m getting.. As for the credit part.. I doubt that there’s much value to knowing anything about your friends,, employers yes.
What potential “good” info could you get from a FB account ??? Very few people let anyone look at their profile, unless they are friended. I would think this employer, if they are not happy with the customary checking of previous employers and references, should then order a background check…. now the FBI, if you are applying there, might be able to peek at your FB info a little more, than McDonalds… 
This sounds like the beginning to another urban legend 
big G
Big G,
You are flat out incorrect about employers checking into them. I know, because I assist our HR department in checking applicants. We aren’t fast food or the FBI, we are healthcare. Current employees have also been disciplined, and some terminated for social networking content. To take it even further, we are in the process of installing a fingerprint scanner that will run a check. Healthcare institutions are getting real serious.
With regards to credit institutions, I heard the report on the news and then checked it out online. Yep, it’s beginning. In fact, I just recently made a significant purchase, and was approved in literally a couple of minutes. I asked how in the world that was done so quickly. It was explained to me that someone with a great score, etc. doesn’t get reviewed by a human. It is done by a computer. Depending on the score, the extent to which an institution investigates, varies. I asked about social networking checks and was told that in rare cases it occurs, but is becoming more prevalent.
Jeff, since you have experience with this… what kind of information, do you get from FB, that would disqualify a potential new hire ??? Also, can social status really be used against someone, for hiring purposes ??? I really didn’t think an EOE could take anything past something like previous exp. or previous work habits, a driving record or felonies on record and use it to judge hiring status ??? Openly using things like, who you socialize with, who your friends may or may not be, as a regular practice to make hiring decisions, I think will get a company in trouble, according to hiring laws. I wouldn’t post it in a public forum, that my employer practices this… 
As far as credit records, they have been being done for years by computers. Rarely does a real person spend the time to actually check credit. Where I work, we can have your credit score in 15 minutes, if you supply me your SSN. Like Jesse says, no where in FB does a SSN get entered, so I highy doubt they can tell one Joe Smith from another, let alone use it to judge your credit worthiness…
big G
I have had clients tell me they could not find my Facebook page but did see another guide’s page and found drug references in a comment form a friend; I got the client. I had a now current sponsor ask me for my Facebook page when I was under review to come on as staff, they later admitted they are looking for anything that may reveal character or alliances to competition or associates of known competition. I was in the market for a small business developer and I looked through Facebook pages of potential possibilities and found one of them in a picture half toasted in bar with a friend’s comment joking about him losing his briefcase; not the guy I want handling my documentation and business information, he did not get the job.
Best story of all was from a former coworkers MySpace page. His girlfriend left a big ol juicy love note for all to see; his wife was not impressed.
All in all I feel it is too much information in world where online information is a double edged sword. No Facebook for me.
This can be said for ANY website..such as this… No disputing that. This site probably more than FB, as anybody can read your posts… they don’t need your permission (friend) to do it. I wonder how many jobs Catfishing guys don’t get, because they post here…
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facebook is like a small town diner. Everyone talking about and having to know everything about everyone else. Not that its a bad thing but i grew up in a small town and that’s what it reminds me of.
I couldn’t agree more… I was talked into it about 2 years ago and haven’t been in there in months now… 
you nailed it, jonny
“character” issues is what potential lenders or employers are looking for on social sites, rather than credit info.
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you nailed it, jonny
“character” issues is what potential lenders or employers are looking for on social sites, rather than credit info.
I then wonder if some of you are on a different “Facebook” than I am ??? You CANNOT read anything about me, unless I let you….. but in here…. anybody can read what I post..I just wonder if they bother ???? Oops…. just said some people might not “listen” to what I say…. even if I know what I am talking about… and they don’t… While it may be true, people do googles on potential new hires…. I will bet $10 to $1, that they will get no info about me from FB, unless I let them… and alot more from in here 
ATTENTION potential hirers…. I know what I am talking about 
big G
i am not on facebook and have no desire to be.
and nobody is disputing the fact that you can block others from seeing your personal info on those sites if you choose.
but there are a lot of people out there with nowhere near as many smarts as you, big g, who put details of their personal lives out there for all to see.
Agreed 
There are much dumber people than me on FB
big G
While on the subject of Facebook Friends, also be very careful about signing up for pages or causes. Just got one thats against Facebook starting to charge for their service in July. Did a Snopes check and it is a way for people to get your name and then try to get into your Facebook Account. 
I may have missed somebody already mentioning this. But I would think the most obvious thing a potential employer could check out is if a person is spending all their time dinging around on websites. If you are posting all day long they might not want to hire you.
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What the ell is face book and my space?
Heard of them but never bothered to check.
Am I behind times or just too secure in my world as I know it?
Jonny nailed it. So did IW. Many people open themselves up on those sites.
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If you are posting all day long they might not want to hire you.
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Very true. I know at two separate incidents where a reprimand or discharge followed strong evidence of posting on social networking sites during business hours. One was from a company exchange and the other via a cell phone but the big boss was watching and swung the axe hard on those guys.
Back in my office career days I was advertising on another forum so the IT guys had to open it up from the blocked list so I could tend to it from work. Sure enough it wasn’t three days later and another office or station got caught visiting the same forum and it was time to go see human resources about the “infraction”. Corporate America keeps a very tight eye on web and how much time and where their employees go. My sister actually got in trouble for logging into CNN at her office before the starting bell and then forgetting to close that window until the end of the day. She had to explain why she was watching CNN for eight hours straight; now tell me how close they watch.
Each employer has to set their own rules…. there is no Law about spending time on the web. Again, some places may let employees have no access and the next might be like my employer…. doesn’t care as long as I do my job.
big G
I have a Facebook account mostly for my pictures. It is open for everyone to see and welcome them to look. I am proud of my pictures and hobbies and want to share them with who ever will look. I have nothing to hide and enjoy getting to browse some of the other groups and learning things there as much as I do here.
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