The article, Guess Who’s
Looking at Your Facebook Page by Alessandra Potenza discusses whether or not
college admission officers and employers should be able to monitor applicants’
social networks. The article talks about how one irresponsible post or comment
can lead to permanent consequences.
Many people think that College
admission officers and employers should be able to monitor applicants’ social
networks because what a person posts, can say a lot about them. One example of
this is “if something in the application raised a red flag, a Google search is
likely to follow.” This shows how sometimes applicants are shady and viewing a
social network can be necessary. One more example is, “At Pitzer College in
Claremont California, an applicant was denied admission because of offensive
comments he had posted on Facebook about one of his teachers.” This shows how
what a person posts on their social networks can say a lot about their
personality and their behavior.
Though many people believe monitoring
social networks such as Facebook is necessary, many people still feel like that
is not needed. This is because they feel like it’s an invasion of their
privacy. However many people don’t realize the possible consequences for their
actions. One example of this is, “’I knew that they could have yelled at me for
that. ‘Kelly, 22, told a local TV station.’ “But I didn’t think they could fire
me for posting that.’” This shows how some people are completely oblivious of
what is not appropriate to post.
There is lots of controversy on the
subject of being able to view the social networks of applicants. I personally
believe that it is necessary to have college admission officers and employers
be able to access and monitor the social networks of their applicants because
it shows their personality. I think that people need to be more responsible
with what they post and comment because it could send the wrong message about
them and cause major consequences.
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