Am I a potential mass murderer?

http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2012-07-25c/Facebook_Abstainers_could_be_labeled_Suspicious.html

According to this article printed in tagesspiegel.de, not having a facebook account should be the first sign that you are a mass murderer.

The article mentions the fact that in the US, people were subject to handing their passwords over to potential employers, which privacy advocates, facebook, and the US government disagree with. But the article takes it one step further in claiming that not only did US employers have a legitimate point, but also suggesting that those who abstain from facebook could be mass murderers.

Well, I not on FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter or any other social media service.  Just imagine the rampage that's building within me.  Bwahahaha!!

As content nazi, I can see why they might be suspicious of you.

I don't have a Facebook... oh

I would love to offer my take on that article, but unfortunately, I can't read German.  And I'm hesitant to trust Google's "translation."

Oh, this has to be bullshit. No way anyone can justify "has no facebook profile" as a reason to be suspicious of someone.

I'm hesitant to trust Google's "translation."

"Wake up young people who do not have a Facebook account, mistrust, then? Determined in some human resources departments in the U.S., there were at last aware of cases where heads of their applicants requested the access to their profile. Who does not have a profile, for which there is no job offer, because he has something to hide. So far it is not yet in this country. But ask even in Germany, "70 to 80 percent of HR professionals by the candidates in the network," says psychologist Christopher Moeller Hanover"

So do young people who don't have a Facebook attract mistrust? In certain staff departments in the US they certainly do, and in some cases, bosses have demanded access to job applicants' profiles. If you don't have a profile, you don't get a job offer, because you have something to hide. It hasn't gone that far in this country yet. But in Germany, '70-80% of companies check the internet for information about applicants', according to the psychologist Christoph Möller.

Sorry it's slightly shoddy

Oh, this has to be bullshit. No way anyone can justify "has no facebook profile" as a reason to be suspicious of someone.

I'm not sure, the warning signs about this have been on the walls for quite some time.

Oh, this has to be bullshit. No way anyone can justify "has no facebook profile" as a reason to be suspicious of someone.

Hitting a little too close to home, eh?

And what exactly does a Facebook profile tell you about someone anyway? All it tells you is how they want to be perceived on a very superficial level, not how they actually are.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on July 29, 2012, 04:19:48 PM

Oh, this has to be bullshit. No way anyone can justify "has no facebook profile" as a reason to be suspicious of someone.

Hitting a little too close to home, eh?

You're on the list.

And what exactly does a Facebook profile tell you about someone anyway? All it tells you is how they want to be perceived on a very superficial level, not how they actually are.

You can usually learn all you need to know about how somebody actually is by learning how they like to be perceived.

I'd be more worried of the people on Facebook. Retards the lot of them. It's not that people not on Facebook have anything to hide; it's the fact most people on there don't mind sharing every little detail of their life on there, most the time with no real relevance to anyone. Maybe the other people just don't feel the need to gossip or lurk/spy on others. I think if you examine Facebook closely it isn't really a very good social tool, and it may cause more social discohesion (yes, I'm inventing words) by simply using it.
And I'm sure the article neglects to balance out the retard factor; cyber bulling, resulting suicides, marraige breakdowns, job losses, the antisocial side of facebook etc.

I'd be more worried of the people on Facebook. Retards the lot of them. It's not that people not on Facebook have anything to hide; it's the fact most people on there don't mind sharing every little detail of their life on there, most the time with no real relevance to anyone. Maybe the other people just don't feel the need to gossip or lurk/spy on others. I think if you examine Facebook closely it isn't really a very good social tool, and it may cause more social discohesion (yes, I'm inventing words) by simply using it.
And I'm sure the article neglects to balance out the retard factor; cyber bulling, resulting suicides, marraige breakdowns, job losses, the antisocial side of facebook etc.

I have reported you to fb, they don't care about the list of maladies you mention.

This may be true, some mass murderers don't have FaceBook like the Joker.

Well, I not on FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter or any other social media service.  Just imagine the rampage that's building within me.  Bwahahaha!!

Isn't this forum social media?  I won't call the future crimes police on you just yet, until we get conformation.

I thought sharing every little minute detail was a twitter thing, not facebook.

I thought sharing every little minute detail was a twitter thing, not facebook.

Luckily we can combine the two! http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/