Facebook and fake names Forum

[Anonymous User]

Everyone in my section has suddenly removed their last name on Facebook. I don't get it... can't you just put your status on private? Are people's profiles really that bad that they have to hide them? Someone please explain this phenomenon to me.

[Ozymandias]

Someone please explain this phenomenon to me.

Law students are idiots.

[Tom Joad]

Ironic use of anon.

[ilovesf]

Ironic use of anon.

[Bildungsroman]

Someone please explain this phenomenon to me.

Law students are idiots.

Pretty much.

Here's a life tip for all law students: only put things on facebook that you're fine with the whole world knowing. Don't put up pictures of yourself getting high, pouring a bottle of whisky down your throat, peeing in an alley, etc. Don't post statuses about how satisfying your last shit was, or how you love committing ethical lapses and missing deadlines. Don't join groups like "1 million strong for holocaust denial." It's a website, not a diary with a heart-shaped lock you keep under your bed.

[gyarados]

Someone please explain this phenomenon to me.

Law students are idiots.

Pretty much.

Here's a life tip for all law students: only put things on facebook that you're fine with the whole world knowing. Don't put up pictures of yourself getting high, pouring a bottle of whisky down your throat, peeing in an alley, etc. Don't post statuses about how satisfying your last shit was, or how you love committing ethical lapses and missing deadlines. Don't join groups like "1 million strong for holocaust denial." It's a website, not a diary with a heart-shaped lock you keep under your bed.

Or just learn how the privacy settings work and post whatever the hell you want.

[06102016]

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[Ozymandias]

Ironic use of anon.

[Bildungsroman]

Someone please explain this phenomenon to me.

Law students are idiots.

Pretty much.

Here's a life tip for all law students: only put things on facebook that you're fine with the whole world knowing. Don't put up pictures of yourself getting high, pouring a bottle of whisky down your throat, peeing in an alley, etc. Don't post statuses about how satisfying your last shit was, or how you love committing ethical lapses and missing deadlines. Don't join groups like "1 million strong for holocaust denial." It's a website, not a diary with a heart-shaped lock you keep under your bed.

Or just learn how the privacy settings work and post whatever the hell you want.

Sure. Although I'd probably still opt for the adult option, where you choose not to create a damaging online profile that you justify by only limiting it to like a thousand of your closest friends. I mean, I'm not a teenager any more, so I can survive without making asinine status updates about how hard I rage*.

*Pretty damn hard.

[r6_philly]

I wonder what recruiters think when they can't find you on Facebook.

[ShitLawOrBust]

you can never be too careful with internet footprints - all you loser megaposters better be careful

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[ilovesf]

I wonder what recruiters think when they can't find you on Facebook.

You think this is an issue? I mean, my settings allow people to look me up, see very basic info, and see simple profile picture where I'm not visibly wasted or taking part in a criminal act. You think recruiters care about that?

I don't know. But I got a CB at a firm and I noticed someone in their office had looked at my linked-in. So they're definitely out there looking at things.

[r6_philly]

My linked in is definitely visited a lot before screeners and callbacks. I talked about facebook at a screener last week. I think many recruiters will search, and if they can't find anything, some people may feel strange. Come on, everyone has a facebook page, what do you have to hide? I don't know if it is negative, but if you have a clean, professional profile, it's just another piece of circumstantial evidence that you are a mature, professional adult with some sense of good judgment.

[Perseus_I]

My linked in is definitely visited a lot before screeners and callbacks. I talked about facebook at a screener last week. I think many recruiters will search, and if they can't find anything, some people may feel strange. Come on, everyone has a facebook page, what do you have to hide? I don't know if it is negative, but if you have a clean, professional profile, it's just another piece of circumstantial evidence that you are a mature, professional adult with some sense of good judgment.

It's also true that a lot of people use privacy settings to make their FB unsearchable. While everyone has a FB page, is it that unusual for it not to show up in search results by perfect strangers not in the person's network? Especially law students during recruiting season? This has got to be really common.

I mean, opting out of searches is one of the basic privacy settings that's been around for a very long time.

[Gecko of Doom]

I wonder what recruiters think when they can't find you on Facebook.

You think this is an issue? I mean, my settings allow people to look me up, see very basic info, and see simple profile picture where I'm not visibly wasted or taking part in a criminal act. You think recruiters care about that?

The bolded is why I love this post.

[r6_philly]

My linked in is definitely visited a lot before screeners and callbacks. I talked about facebook at a screener last week. I think many recruiters will search, and if they can't find anything, some people may feel strange. Come on, everyone has a facebook page, what do you have to hide? I don't know if it is negative, but if you have a clean, professional profile, it's just another piece of circumstantial evidence that you are a mature, professional adult with some sense of good judgment.

It's also true that a lot of people use privacy settings to make their FB unsearchable. While everyone has a FB page, is it that unusual for it not to show up in search results by perfect strangers not in the person's network? Especially law students during recruiting season? This has got to be really common.

I mean, opting out of searches is one of the basic privacy settings that's been around for a very long time.

Yes, but they may ask why you want to be opted out when potential employers are potentially looking for you to check you out? Recall it's been widely reported that employers would ask people to login to their facebook during interviews -- employers must want to see what you have on your facebooks.

[gyarados]

Yes, but they may ask why you want to be opted out when potential employers are potentially looking for you to check you out? Recall it's been widely reported that employers would ask people to login to their facebook during interviews -- employers must want to see what you have on your facebooks.

If by "widely reported" you mean "it's been in the news that unethical employers are doing this", then yes. No respectable firm would ever do something like that. Similarly, there's nothing wrong with having no facebook, or completely hiding your profile.

[r6_philly]

Yes, but they may ask why you want to be opted out when potential employers are potentially looking for you to check you out? Recall it's been widely reported that employers would ask people to login to their facebook during interviews -- employers must want to see what you have on your facebooks.

If by "widely reported" you mean "it's been in the news that unethical employers are doing this", then yes. No respectable firm would ever do something like that. Similarly, there's nothing wrong with having no facebook, or completely hiding your profile.

My linked in is definitely visited a lot before screeners and callbacks. I talked about facebook at a screener last week. I think many recruiters will search, and if they can't find anything, some people may feel strange. Come on, everyone has a facebook page, what do you have to hide? I don't know if it is negative, but if you have a clean, professional profile, it's just another piece of circumstantial evidence that you are a mature, professional adult with some sense of good judgment.

[MrKappus]

Or just learn how the privacy settings work and post whatever the hell you want.

Yup.

[r6_philly]

Or just learn how the privacy settings work and post whatever the hell you want.

Yup.

Of course that is true. But why would someone post whatever they hell they want? What do you get out of it? Why is it a joy/pleasure to post stuff that you would take away your credibility or reputation as a lawyer?

[flcath]

Yes, but they may ask why you want to be opted out when potential employers are potentially looking for you to check you out? Recall it's been widely reported that employers would ask people to login to their facebook during interviews -- employers must want to see what you have on your facebooks.

If by "widely reported" you mean "it's been in the news that unethical employers are doing this", then yes. No respectable firm would ever do something like that. Similarly, there's nothing wrong with having no facebook, or completely hiding your profile.

Lol WTF. I read over philly's post the first time thinking he was just writing about employers checking FB pages.

Making you log-on in front of them?! Please tell me that no one here would agree to do that. Not to pull the billy-badass-on-the-internet routine, but there's a 0% chance I'd do this, even on a CB.

[FeelTheHeat]

Ironic use of anon.

best thing i've seen on tls all day

[r6_philly]

Lol WTF. I read over philly's post the first time thinking he was just writing about employers checking FB pages.

Making you log-on in front of them?! Please tell me that no one here would agree to do that. Not to pull the billy-badass-on-the-internet routine, but there's a 0% chance I'd do this, even on a CB.

This has not been reported at firms. But I wouldn't put it past smaller firms.

[MrKappus]

Why is it a joy/pleasure to post stuff that you would take away your credibility or reputation as a lawyer?

Huh?