Comments on: Loose Tweets Sink Job Offers

By: Robin Edwards

Robin Edwards — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:16:38 +0000

Is it possible to frame somebody online?

What if a jealous colleague is misusing your name to make you look bad? Can they use tools like Twitter and Facebook to ruin your career and have you lose job offers?

By: Samantha Rose Hunt

Samantha Rose Hunt — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:49:34 +0000

This is actually what I was getting at: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41777/114/

By: David Leonhardt

David Leonhardt — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:46:08 +0000

Social media hasn’t really changed the rules…the just the ability to weasel out of something stupid one might say.

By: Jim Gaudet

Jim Gaudet — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:45:05 +0000

Great, that is too funny. Jim Gaudet's last blog post..F@#$ Internet Explorer 8

By: Mark Rosenthal

Mark Rosenthal — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:11:35 +0000

I heard a story from a friend about a co-worker who had his sick day rejected and his pay docked because his Facebook status said he banged out sick because he was hungover. There is a lot of poor judgment out there.

By: Isaac D. Van Wesep

Isaac D. Van Wesep — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:01:27 +0000

I have to develop what i think Samantha was getting at. This whole fiasco is turning Twitter into a destroyer of value, which i do not like. I blogged about it - so I won't repeat it all here - but I think we have to be careful and responsible with our spreading of news. Poor Ciscofatty was just using hyperbole where she shouldn't have. too bad. Isaac D. Van Wesep's last blog post..Ciscofatty like a Bunch of 5th Graders

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:48:25 +0000

Looks like she GOT THE JOB! Check out her website. Un-freaking-believable.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:22:54 +0000

@Samantha – thanks for pointing out the gender of theconnor–fixed that!

You’re right that there’s been no confirmation of any of this by either party, so it could all be made up, but I doubt it.

You may be right about the ciscofatty.com site, so I’m changing the link to the Twitter discussion instead.

By: Samantha Rose Hunt

Samantha Rose Hunt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:14:44 +0000

Just out of curiosity…when was it confirmed by Cisco that there was a job offer extended? When was it confirmed said job offer was rescinded?

PS. theconnor is a female.

The worst part about all of this is the site you linked to is blatant cyberbullying. Nice.

By: Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:14:34 +0000

That is awesome... and a little scary. Sometimes you do not think about how public everything really is these days. I can say one thing, if I had applied to a job at a technology related company, I wouldn't have tweeted something so damaging. Blake Griffin's last blog post..The Top Three Content Management Systems