Facebook Freinds.. Are you extra careful in what you say.

[PC Principal]

Because Facebook Friends may know you.
And because Facebook friends may be your ex-Managers who who will give you a Glowing reference :

Are you careful in what you say on Facebook.?

Have you said anything stupid on Facebook & regretted it.?

Does saying something stupid on Facebook make you more insecure in your career ?

[Deleted]

Like all self-respecting adults, I don't use Facebook.

[Freighter]

No, I see no reason to be. People on my facebook are people I have met. I am the same on facebook as I am in face-to-face interaction.

[Strawberry]

Nah I only have like 200 or so friends on Facebook. One of them is my ex boss. I complain about my current boss openly and even asked him for advice.
Out of those 200 friends not many are those I haven't met for real. And all of them know that I am controversial (but not in a racist way or other hateful way besides hating on religion from time to time).
If someone complains about the way I am... well... zero fucks given. One lesser family member complained to me about talking shit about his religion. He was swiftly dispatched.

[PC Principal]

To put this in perspective.

I have ex employers and friends on facebook.

Sometimes I have really lost it with the way Society is going and put some stupid expletive on Facebook only to regret it the next day.
I sometimes get drunk & invite weird people like Vladimir Putin as Friends

[Devilyaki]

Don't have face book but know someone at work got fired for the rant they spewed on it about upper management lol

[Rotted]

Like all self-respecting adults, I don't use Facebook.

With statements like this, I'm more likely to believe you're an 16 year old kid pretending to be more than they are. Otherwise you wouldn't spout stupidity like that.

Anyways.

No I'm not worried what so ever or careful. I have just over 100 people on mine, most of which are family and then close friends. If I have friends I don't hear a peep out of for years they get removed. So everyone on there knows who I am and how I am in a reasonable time frame.

I hardly every post anything, I use it to keep up with people and different groups. For example I'm on marine and reptile dedicated group, if I have any sort of issue 9/10 I know I can post on one of these groups stating the problem or asking a question and I'll get a quicker response than researching through google, atleast a place to start.

[Aoyi]

The things I say while online are the same I'd say in real life. There's nothing I've posted on Facebook that I'd be worried about a potential employer seeing. That's not because I'm intentionally being careful just in case that situation arises. I just never feel the need to be an asshole online, so I have no reason to worry.

[ItachiZaku]

We've had people fired for shit they posted on facebook. Basically, threatening co-workers. Nothing for political or moral reasons otherwise. I tend to say that the fuck I want, if people don't like it, they can unfollow. If it ruffles their snowflake asses that much, they can just unfriend me.

[Najnaj]

Of course, it is a public setting to at least some degree. You would have to be a moron not to adjust your behavior.

[PC Principal]

Of course, it is a public setting to at least some degree. You would have to be a moron not to adjust your behavior.

Well alcohol & being in your "Safe Space" makes Facebook open to how you feel and about society in general

[zoefschildpad]

I only post on facebook in the closed group for my building. I have nothing public on there.

[Aggrophobic]

No but I don't tend to say things that might get me into trouble, anonymous or not.

[LiiLoSNK]

I never censor myself on facebook. I go on huge rants about my political opinions because I am unaware that literally nobody cares and it only makes me look incredibly autistic. I got drunk once and added kim jong-un as my friend because that's funny or something.

[Ragnarocket]

I don't say EVERYTHING on Facebook so that's a pretty good start. For the most part I only use Facebook anymore to keep in touch with relatives or college friends. I'm Bisexual and have friends that know and friends that don't (never found a reason to shout it out into cyber space) so I just don't make any obvious comments on that either.

[Independent voter]

That terrorist in San Bernadino? The one who shot up the office potluck lunch with his wife? One of his coworkers was Jewish and this Jewish guy would argue with some Arab guy all the time, really heated arguments. Okay, the problem was the soon-to-be terrorist guy was reading these face book posts even though he wasn't taking part. Many believe this is the reason he decided to shoot everyone at the office potluck.

Yeah when you have your mom, two grandmas, a bunch of aunts on facebook you tend to self censor.

[Everwake]

I've lost a few friends over the years, including one recently who was in hysterics over Trump's victory (I had the gall to tell them that America wasn't about to end, that we've survived stupid presidents before).

One of the features I despise on the site is how easy it is for someone to stalk your posts. It's like they're listening in to 10 different conversations that they're not a part of. I want to talk to my aunt about The Eagles; she doesn't need to read my posts on video game threads or politics.

[Donald Hellscream]

I usually use my facebook wall to vent so sometimes I do say stuff that I maybe shouldn't have said but I don't believe in trying to hide what I have said.

If people don't like what I have written they are free to either block me or just make my posts invisible to them.

Also if I come across a post where someone has said something super moronic I can't help but to engage in a discussion with said person to try and explain to them why what they have said is fucking stupid, sometimes in kind words and sometimes not so much depending on the topic.

[3DTyrant]

I don't often post stuff on FB, mostly a lurker to be honest. But when I do post, I don't really censor what I say as I have no need to, I've only got friends (and one or two friend of friends), old school mates and family on there.

[McTroll]

Got nobody from work on Facebook. One of my golden rules.
Facebook, to me, is a communication medium, not a "LOOK HOW MANY FRIENDS I HAVE EVERYONE" thing.
Therefore, I only keep the people I actively keep in touch with. It lessens any risk like what OP outlined.

THE ultimate Facebook rule: never say something on Facebook that you wouldn't say publically.

It's simple: be smart in your FB usage.