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Monday, February 05, 2018
Scan Your Social Profiles Like a Potential Employer Will
twocents.lifehacker.com: If you’re in the market for a new job or just want to keep your social presence on lock, there’s a new tool that makes it easier to find posts that you might not want your future boss to see.
I’m admitting that I am writing a comment on this article because there is something very interesting but unspoken about a person’s online reputation. I remember the first time I was told that once I post something online, it can never be taken away. While I am a millennial and I use social media, I am very conscious of what I post. I find it extremely ironic that people often post photos with red solo cups or images with them holding drug paraphernalia. A person’s online reputation can really alter their career. While I know that this might not be as impactful in the theatre industry, social media has ruined lives. Whether that’s through Twitter wars, one bag image being posted to Instagram, or a video on Youtube. People make stupid mistakes on the internet. I found this article helpful because I do think that if a person needs it, a reputation profile scanner could be extremely useful. However, it scares me that this could be used by companies as a way as scanning a person, and not for a person to clean up their online presence. I also firmly believe that it is virtually impossible to “clean up” ones online presence.
This app has a great idea but frankly, I think it is common sense. Also, the free version doesn’t seem to be effective and I don’t think anyone applying for a job would want to not spend time looking out for offensive or inappropriate posts. I am a little shocked that article posts for the article writer’s job were flagged. An app searching for inappropriate posts shouldn’t just look for the words but should look for context. Hopefully, this app grows and gains popularity the creators make improvements. Also, the fact that someone would need to pay $99.96 for a yearly account is ridiculous. This app seems to have good intentions but isn’t worth it. I can easily spend 20 minutes going through my Instagram or Facebook Post to see if I should delete a post. The app gives the user feedback on what should be deleted or what is inappropriate but the Internet can’t really have things deleted on it so yes this app has good intentions but doesn’t really do anything.
I’m a little disappointed in this article. It made it sound out to be about techniques and other such things to look for or notice in your own profiles. Like a physical hand search of things to avoid and as you create and scan back through your posts. This was not at all the case. Instead I got essentially an add for a program that will scan for me. At first this sounded interesting. It can scan and notify you of things you should be concerned about. Obviously, it was going to have some issues because of context and other such related problems. It can’t detect those things. However, instead I find out the program is practically useless because it looks for key words and images. Context is important regardless but the program can’t understand the different between something vitally important going on and a usage of a word. Like sex, it could signify as bad but when used in context of sexual harassment – that word isn’t bad but important. I still think it is an interesting idea but I would still rather a guide to things to watch out for when posting.
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I’m admitting that I am writing a comment on this article because there is something very interesting but unspoken about a person’s online reputation. I remember the first time I was told that once I post something online, it can never be taken away. While I am a millennial and I use social media, I am very conscious of what I post. I find it extremely ironic that people often post photos with red solo cups or images with them holding drug paraphernalia. A person’s online reputation can really alter their career. While I know that this might not be as impactful in the theatre industry, social media has ruined lives. Whether that’s through Twitter wars, one bag image being posted to Instagram, or a video on Youtube. People make stupid mistakes on the internet. I found this article helpful because I do think that if a person needs it, a reputation profile scanner could be extremely useful. However, it scares me that this could be used by companies as a way as scanning a person, and not for a person to clean up their online presence. I also firmly believe that it is virtually impossible to “clean up” ones online presence.
This app has a great idea but frankly, I think it is common sense. Also, the free version doesn’t seem to be effective and I don’t think anyone applying for a job would want to not spend time looking out for offensive or inappropriate posts. I am a little shocked that article posts for the article writer’s job were flagged. An app searching for inappropriate posts shouldn’t just look for the words but should look for context. Hopefully, this app grows and gains popularity the creators make improvements. Also, the fact that someone would need to pay $99.96 for a yearly account is ridiculous. This app seems to have good intentions but isn’t worth it. I can easily spend 20 minutes going through my Instagram or Facebook Post to see if I should delete a post. The app gives the user feedback on what should be deleted or what is inappropriate but the Internet can’t really have things deleted on it so yes this app has good intentions but doesn’t really do anything.
I’m a little disappointed in this article. It made it sound out to be about techniques and other such things to look for or notice in your own profiles. Like a physical hand search of things to avoid and as you create and scan back through your posts. This was not at all the case. Instead I got essentially an add for a program that will scan for me. At first this sounded interesting. It can scan and notify you of things you should be concerned about. Obviously, it was going to have some issues because of context and other such related problems. It can’t detect those things. However, instead I find out the program is practically useless because it looks for key words and images. Context is important regardless but the program can’t understand the different between something vitally important going on and a usage of a word. Like sex, it could signify as bad but when used in context of sexual harassment – that word isn’t bad but important. I still think it is an interesting idea but I would still rather a guide to things to watch out for when posting.
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