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The few relevant threads on this issue are more than 200 days old at the time of this writing, at the least. This topic is about using Facebook responsibly and not getting yourself fired for inappropriate Facebook content.

Anyways, here's the link:

http://www.firerescue1.com/print.asp?act=print&vid=859991
 
Easiest way to solve this problem; Make your profile totally private.
 
better way to solve this problem is to not even have a profile to begin with. I don't use myspace or facebook. And all of my friends wonder why. Because people don't know how to mind their own buisness.
 
Hockey said:
Wrong.

Still can see things.

Including coworkers even if you think they are your "friend"
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Selective "friendship." And even then, you can still make your profile visible to only certain people on your friends list.

If you don't want to get fired for :censored::censored::censored::censored: you have on your facebook; Don't be an ****** on your facebook. Simple. CARE Principle. Cover ***, Retain Employment.
 
I posted this in another thread, but it bears reposting here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013/ns/technology_and_science/?GT1=43001

Bottom line is don't put all of your faith in a "locked down" profile. If the info is in the profile, somebody has access to it.

Be smart about what you post on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and ANY online forum including this one. The Community Leaders receive several emails a month concerning what people post here. Some are employers demanding that unfavorable posts about their agency be removed, and some are from members requesting or demanding that we remove their posts because their employer has found out about them and now they are in trouble.

As a reminder to everyone, WE DO NOT REMOVE POSTS JUST BECAUSE A MEMBER GETS IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR EMPLOYER!

Think before you post!
 
EmtTravis said:
better way to solve this problem is to not even have a profile to begin with. I don't use myspace or facebook. And all of my friends wonder why. Because people don't know how to mind their own buisness.
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Agreed 110%. I don't have any social networking accounts (other than this one. does it really count?). I am so glad that I don't.
 
ffemt8978 said:
I posted this in another thread, but it bears reposting here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013/ns/technology_and_science/?GT1=43001

Bottom line is don't put all of your faith in a "locked down" profile. If the info is in the profile, somebody has access to it.

Be smart about what you post on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and ANY online forum including this one. The Community Leaders receive several emails a month concerning what people post here. Some are employers demanding that unfavorable posts about their agency be removed, and some are from members requesting or demanding that we remove their posts because their employer has found out about them and now they are in trouble.

As a reminder to everyone, WE DO NOT REMOVE POSTS JUST BECAUSE A MEMBER GETS IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR EMPLOYER!

Think before you post!
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Oh, please forward any complaints about my posts to me? :D
 
Here is the smart answer. Do not be stupid with what you post on any site!
 
ffemt8978 said:
I posted this in another thread, but it bears reposting here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38463013/ns/technology_and_science/?GT1=43001

Bottom line is don't put all of your faith in a "locked down" profile. If the info is in the profile, somebody has access to it.

Be smart about what you post on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and ANY online forum including this one. The Community Leaders receive several emails a month concerning what people post here. Some are employers demanding that unfavorable posts about their agency be removed, and some are from members requesting or demanding that we remove their posts because their employer has found out about them and now they are in trouble.

As a reminder to everyone, WE DO NOT REMOVE POSTS JUST BECAUSE A MEMBER GETS IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR EMPLOYER!

Think before you post!
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Simple, dont post where you work or for whom.

I dont have any face pages or myspace anyway but I would be concerned, nothing is 100% secure.
 
A situation arose recently when somebody took an inside joke too far on my friends' Facebook and it ended up infront of the Clinical Standards Manager.

Think before you post.
 
If anyone wants a perfect case study on why you don't even want to go semi-retard on Facebook, google the name Detective Rod Tuason (the firearms people on here might recognize that name).

There's also a reason why I have my privacy setting high, removed all of my information when Facebook wanted to link it (I used to have work and school on there), and only talked openly about where I worked after being away from there for a sizable length of time. Also, unlike a lot of people, I tend to choose my words fairly carefully to paint the picture that I want to paint. Too many people are ambigious or choose the wrong words which ends up tripping them up when specific sentences and word combinations are quoted for emphasis. The internet is a written medium with no non-verbal communication unless you add it (e.g. smileys or tags (e.g. [sarcasm][/sarcasm])). Word choice maters.
 
Just be responsible just like anything else.
 
Anyone remember when the Director of MI-6's wife posted family pictures on facebook and wrote his name on the tags? That went well...
 
I have a Facebook, don't visit more than once a week, and never post anything that I wouldn't let anyone see. I expect any potential employer may look at my facebook and die of boredom before they find anything they don't like.
 
Why would you post about work on a public forum anyway? That just screams HIPAA violation. I don't talk about runs outside of work regardless of where I am and know that at any time my boss could see what I post. It's called don't be stupid. I love my FB account, but it's not there for work, it's to reconnect with old friends from when I was a kid. They have no need to know about the crazy assed patient I may have had two weeks prior (being hypothetical about the pt btw).
 
Sassafras said:
Why would you post about work on a public forum anyway? That just screams HIPAA violation. I don't talk about runs outside of work regardless of where I am and know that at any time my boss could see what I post. It's called don't be stupid. I love my FB account, but it's not there for work, it's to reconnect with old friends from when I was a kid. They have no need to know about the crazy assed patient I may have had two weeks prior (being hypothetical about the pt btw).
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It's only a HIPAA violation if you post PHI about the patient, or provide enough details that allow the patient to be identified.
 
And if you share no information regarding your patients or job then you are safe from exposing too much information. At least that's the motto I live by.
 
I only post pt info on FACEBOOK.
 
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