The tagline for the article is ridiculous. "Sexist buffoonery cost Shawn Simoes his job. But you could lose yours for a lot less. Welcome to the creeping corpo

The tagline for the article is ridiculous. "Sexist buffoonery cost Shawn Simoes his job. But you could lose yours for a lot less. Welcome to the creeping corporate takeover of our private lives." It's not corporate takeover of our private lives. It's people choosing to make public what should never be public. That woman, Justine Saccos, said something stupid that might have been considered funny amongst a small group of friends. But to the whole world it made her look like a buffoon. (subsequent interviews she comes across as a reasonable person) (the article is all over the place) When I've tried to hire people I've been given summaries of their social media and I think it's a completely valid part of the hiring process. In my experience using things like facebook, twitter, (g+, orkut, friendster, etc), has more potential negatives than positives. People are always looking for negative things about other people on social media, whether it's stalking, hiring, or dating. That said, I have used Facebook in the past as a corporate promotional tool, having interns take care of my personal Facebook page and the company's. I've never actually used Facebook myself though.