Quote Originally Posted by cigarsarge View Post
Never been to a reunion of done the social networking thing...Waste of time.I've got on some of the young guys I supervise for posting questionable things on Facebook that were brought to my attention. Wish I had a dollar for all the calls we get about threats made on social networking sites.
I agree, Ken - it still to this day shocks me that people do this. Hell - even a few of the guys at the PD nearly went to blows over someone "un-friending" another on Facebook.

I have no clue what people are thinking when they post threats and other nonsense on Facebook. It's as if it's just between them and the person they're posting crap with. Seriously? Do they not think they're talking to every other person in the entire internet world? (ohhh... I see... you say it's "private" )

I saw it from the PD side - the nonsense that led to police involvement. And most of it was truly justified, even though the persons doing the threatening felt as if it was just between the two of them. The knuckleheads couldn't get their head around the fact that they might as well have broadcasted their threat over a PA system during noon rush hour downtown!

Even worse - as a parent and seeing your children engaged in that spontaneous banter on the social networking sites!?! Geez - I used to just spray Bactine and put a Bandaid on their little scrapes when they were small. Not able to do that with this nonsense!!

On the "corporate" side - I cannot even begin to tell you how closely HR and corporate security review social networking sites for indications of potential employee misconduct. I know reviews of the info out there has led to quite a few demotions and terminations of employee's that otherwise appeared perfectly normal. C'mon - if you're in a responsible role at work and your Facebook account shows pictures of you frequently slooy drunk and stupid or often posting curse filled rants, there's a doggone good chance that will come back to bite you at work...

I'm not a fan...