While the figure might seem shocking, keep in mind this is 17% of employees who responded to the VentureBeat survey, not of all employees, and that not only we

While the figure might seem shocking, keep in mind this is 17% of employees who responded to the VentureBeat survey, not of all employees, and that not only we don't even have a sample size, but on top of that the survey is only "about a third of the way done". Not only is this a highly biased subset (VentureBeat readers) in the first place, but the question is very poorly defined: "Are you required to use your personal social account(s) for work purposes? [yes/no/not required but encouraged]". What does "encouraged" means? What count as "social accounts" (arguably, the consequences are not the same if they ask for my Facebook than my Linkedin)? What does "work purposes" mean? Is it merely suggesting that at an all hands meeting that employee support the newest marketing campaign, or is this actively pressuring employees into writing positive statuses about their company on Facebook? If the documentation on how to use Jobvite includes a section on how to share job postings on Linkedin, does this count as being encouraged? I don't want to minimize the issue because there are definitely cases of employers crossing the line of what is acceptable, but these results looks completely worthless to me .