I was rather disturbed by an article that popped up on my Facebook wall about Facebook and job hunting. The article discusses what it views as the professional  implications of cleaning up our friend lists. Interesting! So from this starting point, remember  that everyone is a commodity, that everyone has a price and that everyone is there to be used. The quote in the article that highlights this the most reads:

“For example, you’re in the job market and looking at accounting firms. You go to your list of Facebook friends, use the ‘search by workplace’ option and find that Lauren, your old pal from 7th grade social studies, works at the company you had your eye on. So naturally, you send your long-lost friend a FB message, reconnect, and hope she can put in a good word.”

Nice! Lauren would feel absolutely great and completely valued as a person after having that particular interaction in her life I’m sure.Continue reading