The Facebook phenomenon continues to get tons of coverage. This article in Journal really made me smile. It's about how uncomfortable things can get when your boss or other folks you are "close to" ask to be your "friend."
I've been on Facebook for about a month now. I don't have any potentially career limiting images posted, not yet anyway. But, as the article describes it seems that a lot of people do. I haven't been asked by my boss to become his "friend" - yet - but, I do have a number of colleagues that have asked.
the lighter side:
-utilities like Facebook can enable you to quickly connect and communicate with a broad spectrum of people in a more intimate and perhaps efficient way
-various networks and groups can help you organize information in a more fun and perhaps more useful way
-increasingly, FB is becoming a standard for commercial interaction, easing the way for people to invite others into their networks
the darker side:
-do you really want your boss looking at that photo of you from that New Years Eve party?
-do you really want to see that photo of your boss on the beach?
-sticky networks can be an incredible drain on your time
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