Keep Private Matters to Yourself

Employers are increasingly using Facebook to do background checks on employees.  Using Facebook to express your views or party pictures can make someone end up not getting a job or getting fired.  As the article tells, that girl decided to post about how terrible her boss was, when she had added him on Facebook.  That not only shows immaturity but also shows a huge amount of ignorance.  What was the girl thinking?  How could that post have benefited her in any way?  This is a serious issue for college students that are soon to be trying to find jobs in a sinking economy.  If two applicants had the same criteria but one had numerous pictures on Facebook of them getting drunk, who do you think the employer would hire?  I myself have seen numerous times when people have posted completely stupid things online that only made things worse on those people.  People are becoming far too comfortable with the personal views and information on the internet.  Every day that passes, privacy on the internet is becoming more and more of a problem.  I personally don't see the need to post rants against individuals on Facebook, but hey I'm not everybody else.  I really wish I could go talk to that girl and just ask her, "What were you thinking?"