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Is it all that different from doing a background check on any one who wants to, e.g. work at your company, date your daughter, or visit the White House?

filoleg 4y ago
> Is it all that different from doing a background check on any one who wants to, e.g. work at your company, date your daughter, or visit the White House? Yeah, it is different, because a background check doesn't show anything related to your political beliefs. I might be forgetting some small details, but it is basically just criminal history + employment history + address history + some basic finance stuff like credit scores. Also, running a background check on someone who wants to date your daughter is kinda weird. I hope that a potential suitor encountering such a background check would laugh and walk away the second they get asked.
- hammock 4y ago
  You might be thinking of “background check” as something different from what I am thinking. If my daughter is dating a boy I’m going to ask around about the guy in whatever ways I want. I’m not limiting myself to the attributes you listed. That was my point. Likewise if it’s my company, I can reject whatever job candidate I want for whatever reason I want, as long as I am following relevant non-discrimination laws etc. If I want to reject you because you wrote nasty things about me, which turned up in a google search (background check), I probably can
  - filoleg 4y ago
    > You might be thinking of “background check” as something different from what I am thinking. Oh yeah, good catch, I indeed was thinking of a different kind of a background check. I was thinking of an actual employer/police/financing/etc. type of a background check, which is pretty standardized in its scope. Thanks for elaborating on it btw, I think I get your point now.

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Is it all that different from doing a background check on any one who wants to, e.g. work at your company, date your daughter, or visit the White House?

by hammock 4y ago

filoleg 4y ago
> Is it all that different from doing a background check on any one who wants to, e.g. work at your company, date your daughter, or visit the White House? Yeah, it is different, because a background check doesn't show anything related to your political beliefs. I might be forgetting some small details, but it is basically just criminal history + employment history + address history + some basic finance stuff like credit scores. Also, running a background check on someone who wants to date your daughter is kinda weird. I hope that a potential suitor encountering such a background check would laugh and walk away the second they get asked.
- hammock 4y ago
  You might be thinking of “background check” as something different from what I am thinking. If my daughter is dating a boy I’m going to ask around about the guy in whatever ways I want. I’m not limiting myself to the attributes you listed. That was my point. Likewise if it’s my company, I can reject whatever job candidate I want for whatever reason I want, as long as I am following relevant non-discrimination laws etc. If I want to reject you because you wrote nasty things about me, which turned up in a google search (background check), I probably can
  - filoleg 4y ago
    > You might be thinking of “background check” as something different from what I am thinking. Oh yeah, good catch, I indeed was thinking of a different kind of a background check. I was thinking of an actual employer/police/financing/etc. type of a background check, which is pretty standardized in its scope. Thanks for elaborating on it btw, I think I get your point now.