Thursday, November 20, 2008
Facebook Friends
The day after I ended my internship last year, my boss added me as a friend on facebook. I didn't think much of it, but I wondered how long she was waiting to add me as a friend, and if it would be appropriate to be friends while I was still her intern. It never was an issue, but this semester the opportunity came up that I could return to work for that company again. I ended up not taking the position, however, if I did, my boss and I would have already been friends on facebook. In my opinion, facebook is strictly social and should not be used as a business communication tool. Even now, I am doing some work with my former boss for a project, and I can check up what she is doing in her personal life, and vice versa. I do not need to know what my boss does in her free time, and she should not need to know what I am doing. I guess I just feel as though facebook should be strickly a social networking tool, not a business communication tool. I do not really think that it is moving in this direction, but I hope that professionals do not start to use facebook to communicate with co-workers about business.
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I agree, I feel that the networking website, linked in, should be used to connect with the people that you work with instead of using facebook. Facebook should be strictly a social, not business, networking tool.
I completely agree with the previous comments although I think, to a point, it depends on what your profession is. Sometimes Facebook can work as a good communication tool (for more laid back work environments) since people check it so frequently (although it probably isn't a good thing if a person checks their Facebook more often than email). I think this is where the "limited profile" comes in handy. This way you don't have to deny the request but can still keep your privacy!
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