As always, well said Rhiannon...it does get so old the idea that all of this is new. The only thing that's new here is the reach of the communication...in that "rifling" can now be done privately and more thoroughly than just going through a desk. Lois ____________________ Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Student - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rhiannon Bury Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:42 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook posts used to fire people in Australia The public/private bites back, for sure, but this is not new to facebook. Years ago, I made a mildly negative comment about a former department in an email to a new colleague. She promptly forwarded it to the Chair because, unbeknownst to me, she had an agenda and wanted a program I ran closed down. It didn't work but the Chair called me in and I had some explaining to do. Very embarrassing to say the least. A situation like this can happen with any form of written communication. A friend of mine was fired on the spot when her new boss her rifled through her desk and found a photocopy she had taken on the office machine for her own business. The lesson for facebook is the same for any other "traceable" communication--think before you post and in the words of Deep Throat from The X-Files, "trust noone." :) Rhiannon _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/