Facebook Connects with it’s new service…should you?
On Sunday Facebook has launched their new “Facebook Connect” service which allows users to share their Facebook page with other online social media sites. The idea of connecting many sites, such as Twitter, Digg, CBS with Facebook may seem like a great idea. Before you make the jump for the sake of convenience use caution.
There are many sites out there that allow you share yourself with others online…Facebook, being one of the biggest. You’ve Twittered yourself into a frenzy, Dugg stories that loved, and wrote reviews on CitySearch. Now imagine with this new feature you’ve connected all of your “identities”.
A future employer can now connect to anyone of these sites to try and find information about you, which they have the means and right to. Remember that bad review of the restaurant you made on CitySearch, it just so happens your asking for a job there and the manager is the one finding out about your online reviews.
There are a lot of cautionary tales out there, some true some not. It is always good to know what you’re getting yourself into. With data now free-flowing from site to site all over the internet it is very easy to find out who you are, what you do, who your freinds are, and how much you hate that restaurant.