Comments on: PR 101 Lesson #82 Should information on the web have expiration date? http://www.pr101.biz/pr-101-lesson-82-should-information-on-the-web-have-expiration-date/ The inside scoop on public relations, marketing and social media Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary Fell http://www.pr101.biz/pr-101-lesson-82-should-information-on-the-web-have-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 Gary Fell Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:16:03 +0000 http://www.pr101.biz/?p=1076#comment-2516 There are two issues that individuals using social media need to recognize. First who has access to the information. Consider the information you are about to publish, would you discuss it in your work environment? Would you disclose it during an interview with a potential employer? If the answer to these questions is no, then you probably should not post it on a social network. A posting may be in response to a specific question or situation, under different circumstances the response could be different. If the information were deleted from the record in a timely manner it would eliminate the possibility of having the information taken out of context. There are two issues that individuals using social media need to recognize. First who has access to the information. Consider the information you are about to publish, would you discuss it in your work environment? Would you disclose it during an interview with a potential employer? If the answer to these questions is no, then you probably should not post it on a social network.
A posting may be in response to a specific question or situation, under different circumstances the response could be different. If the information were deleted from the record in a timely manner it would eliminate the possibility of having the information taken out of context.

]]> By: Mat Weller http://www.pr101.biz/pr-101-lesson-82-should-information-on-the-web-have-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2509 Mat Weller Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:55:10 +0000 http://www.pr101.biz/?p=1076#comment-2509 Companies are going to have to come to terms with hiring less-than-perfect employees. Every year we step more into the realm where anything someone has done in their life is potentially public, and since you don't even have to have ever seen a computer to be a 'net celeb, either those hiring are going to learn to play more loosely or they're not going to ever hire anyone. It doesn't help that Facebook allows companies to access information that is not available to the general public. People assume there's a reason for them to be allowed to make individual privacy setting choices, they don't know that FB allows potential employers in the back door. To your point, it would be nice if social media sites had kill settings that let you permanently delete anything over X number of days old. Companies are going to have to come to terms with hiring less-than-perfect employees. Every year we step more into the realm where anything someone has done in their life is potentially public, and since you don’t even have to have ever seen a computer to be a ‘net celeb, either those hiring are going to learn to play more loosely or they’re not going to ever hire anyone.

It doesn’t help that Facebook allows companies to access information that is not available to the general public. People assume there’s a reason for them to be allowed to make individual privacy setting choices, they don’t know that FB allows potential employers in the back door.

To your point, it would be nice if social media sites had kill settings that let you permanently delete anything over X number of days old.

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