Here's another blog post from a 202er:
I found this article (http://mashable.com/2009/09/29/effigy-video/) a few minutes ago and I though it brings up a good question: should we be judged in the offline world by content that is found online?
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Social media and the workplace
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YES! What you put online speaks to who you are in your personal life. Anyone who feels the need to use racial remarks and effigies to relieve their stress is not someone I believe is qualified to protect a community. I cannot believe that people still have not realized how fast information posted online spreads, and how big of an impact it has on your reputation.
I'm not sure where this line lies, but I believe there should be a higher standard for certain professions, regarding what they post online. For example, journalists are usually held to a higher standard in non-work related posts, and personally, I think police officers should fall under that, too.
This story also shows this officer's obvious inability to remember how salient and fast the internet is. Anything posted can and will be found, and could eventually hurt your career, as it did in this case.
OF COURSE what you say online reflects what who are! I would not in a million years feel comfortable supposedly being "protected" by a community of police officers who relieve stress by burning a stuffed officer with post it notes with names of officers and their boss. They are total idiots for putting this online, especially if the officers use FB to for information for cases.
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