Originally Posted by
ultrarunner
Not that I have anything on Facebook that I don't want anyone else to see, I still keep it completely locked down to 'friends only'.
So, other than people who have the same name as me, if I'm searched and they actually pick the correct link, they just get a generic icon and the usual message that if you want to see anything, send a friend request, or something like that...
I would wager to say most of us have our accounts setup that way as well, but you can't help, but wonder, do large companies that may pay a "premium" to Facebook have a less restricted access to accounts? I know that sounds like a very conspiracy theorist type of attitude, but you never know and with a job this important is it even worth the risk? Needless to say I just went ahead and deactivated my account for the time being.
I think most of us can agree college was a lot of fun for a lot of us who were also able to get the job done, but I'd rather not face the question in an interview as to why I took a shot out of a glass between some girls ....... that one time in college 10 years ago that your buddy decided to tag you on this new thing called Facebook.
Am I giving this too much thought? Probably, but when you're talking about an application process that has you reading your application 6900 times searching for even the smallest of errors I'd say it doesn't hurt to really think about what may be out there on the internet no matter how long ago that may be.