Do sororities really look at your Facebook page during rush?

[33girl]

I'm so sick of this bullshit, that how you appear is more important than what you do. It might be about "professionalism" on the face of it, but as I said, I believe it's quickly going down the tunnel to outright discrimination that can be explained away with bullshit reasons.

I truly envy my graphic designer/IT friends who can be the surliest sons of bitches on earth, can have any internet presence they want and no one cares - because it has NOTHING to do with how they actually DO their job. We're getting away from that more and more and it's pathetic.

/rant

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm so sick of this bullshit, that how you appear is more important than what you do. It might be about "professionalism" on the face of it, but as I said, I believe it's quickly going down the tunnel to outright discrimination that can be explained away with bullshit reasons.

Uh...how you appear has been important long before the Internet existed. Same shit, different toilet. The Internet has simply given easier access to people's stupidity. The onus is on the employee/GLO aspirant/applicant and not the employer/GLO/school or company.

If people are so butthurt over that, they can do whatever the hell they want and deal with the consequences. It isn't about discrimination but rather about how everyone doesn't need to know your life: what's on your mind and what you are doing. However, if people choose to put their lives on the Internet they are relinquishing complete control over who accesses the info and how the info is interpreted. Such is life. Wooptywoop.

Originally Posted by 33girl

I truly envy my graphic designer/IT friends who can be the surliest sons of bitches on earth, can have any internet presence they want and no one cares - because it has NOTHING to do with how they actually DO their job.

Do you really believe that? It simply hasn't been used against them YET.

I shall use a Criminal Minds example because I find it amusing. Penelope Garcia was able to live off of the radar and do all sorts of things on the Internet. Then the government discovered her and forced her to work for them. After that, her FBI bosses found her playing Internet games and she got in trouble for the implications of her Internet games. Long story short, shit catches up with people. Sure, you can say "it's my life, it has nothing to do with YOU" but you can't control what people do with the information. And discrimination claims are extremely rare because they are difficult to prove--plus, many people are full of shit when they claim discrimination on such grounds.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Do you really believe that? It simply hasn't been used against them YET.

Ex-Mr 33 has hardly lived a sin-free life - there's much evidence of it everywhere, on and offline - and he's never had trouble getting a job because it's what's in his portfolio that counts.

And mass LOLZ at the legal industry comment.

At any rate, this has NOTHING to do with the original question. No, you do not have to make your Facebook page public in the least if it wasn't that way before. The person giving that advice is sketchy.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And mass LOLZ at the legal industry comment.

There's truth to it, though.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

There's truth to it, though.

Yep and not just for the legal industry.

Point being, no matter the industry, if the RIGHT person gets access to information that they deem negative, there are potential negative outcomes.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ex-Mr 33 has hardly lived a sin-free life - there's much evidence of it everywhere, on and offline - and he's never had trouble getting a job because it's what's in his portfolio that counts.

You are assuming a lot here, as well as pretending to be psychic.