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12. +1. I thought I had a not-very-common name until I googled it

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 10:10 AM

Mar 2012

and found that other people also have it. Sure hope potential employers don't get me mixed up with the porn star "me".

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Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords [View all] marmar Mar 2012 OP

Reason #518 for why I don't do Facebook Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #1

Yep. Friends always scold me for not having a Facebook page...... marmar Mar 2012 #3

yup, yup, yup, and yup bart95 Mar 2012 #22

Oh I have one myself..... cstanleytech Mar 2012 #25

it's against the law to ask the age of an interviewee, correct? barbtries Mar 2012 #4

31 years old and no facebook here. Def exception for generation Y! SWTORFanatic Mar 2012 #5

Why wouldn't you just say you don't have a FB page? riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #6

If you do, they can look it up... JHB Mar 2012 #7

Our names are not that unique... n/t nebenaube Mar 2012 #10

+1. I thought I had a not-very-common name until I googled it gkhouston Mar 2012 #12

About 10 other people with my name come up in a Facebook search riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #11

If this is legal, then it should be legal for me Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #9

Is it wrong to look at their public profile? David__77 Mar 2012 #13

Boy, THAT'S some overreaching chutzpah, isn't it? HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #14

I'd never give usernames and passwords over tammywammy Mar 2012 #16

That's exactly what I was thinking. JBoy Mar 2012 #20

I take it that not being on FB isn't acceptable to these employers? IDemo Mar 2012 #17

kicked and recommended n/t Julian Englis Mar 2012 #18

A lot of people make "dummy" FB pages using their real names... Odin2005 Mar 2012 #21

a side effect of the H-1b visa program bart95 Mar 2012 #23

Yep gratuitous Mar 2012 #26

great article '6 reasons i'm not on facebook' by Wired UK editor bart95 Mar 2012 #24

Can the ACLU step in? Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #27

This is very timely Digit Mar 2012 #28