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Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

DM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:10:05 -0000

Seems like employers include social network content in their background checks on prospective employees. Why shouldn't the day come when landlords do the same for prospective renters? If their personal page is filled with photos of wild parties, particularly if it's clear that they hosted said parties, why would a landlord want to rent to them?

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Steve Amiaga — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:11:24 -0000

Even better reason to not have a job, and be your own boss! First off, you can't be fired, and second, a benefit of this choice is you get to eat what you kill. The problem is you have to kill to eat at all! The only way to succeed in business is with a proven system and to associate with people who are where you want to be.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Atheistno1 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:58:04 -0000

Irresponsibility had everything to do with their actions & the final outcome.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Michael Bennett Cohn — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:15:30 -0000

I had to leave the room I was renting because of a tweet. Story here.

Although, as in the Facebook story above, the social media platform is only acting as a catalyst for an issue that was already present.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Karyn Romeis — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:59:30 -0000

Facebook didn't get them evicted. They behaved like eejits. If they hadn't posted the pictures on FB, the lady would still have discovered the damage at some point, and they would still have been held accountable. What got them evicted was their lack of respect for property, for their neighbours, for the landlady, for one another and even (it's gotta be said) for themselves.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Molly Hughes — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:23:33 -0000

As I work for The Cleaner Image apartment and office cleaning service this doesn't surprise me. What too many don't seem to understand is that a rental isn't your own home where if you trash the place you're the only one responsible for the damage. When I go clean a vacant apartment, it's the complex who pays my company. Sometimes the former renters will get charged a fee to partially cover my services if they made no attempt to clean up behind themselves. The same goes for repainting, replacing fixtures, etc... Too many times the charges incurred by repairing damages resulting from a bad tenant aren't recoverable to the complex and those who are responsible tenants have to absorb the cost of doing business with people who haven't accepted the responsibility of adulthood.
While you're renting you should expect some level of privacy, of course. However, if the landlord/complex manager has reasonable expectations that you're not respecting the rental agreement they have the right to inspect the dwelling personally (or by Googling your name if you post your misdeeds on a social network). Public is public, whether it's the local laundry bulletin board or a public profile on a social network.
Molly

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Ross — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:59:07 -0000

So, they "fled" or got evicted. Sounds like they bolted before they got evicted, like you said. Confused?

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Σχολή Χορού — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:51:09 -0000

Thats why i am not using my real name in facebook. lol.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Resa — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:22:51 -0000

Haha, I remember things like this happening in high school, except it was a guy getting kicked out of campus leadership for posting pictures of himself drinking at a party on myspace.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Alora — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:20:58 -0000

I have a friend who learned a great lesson on how to catch her kids in the act when they were doing things they shouldn't be doing (about 7-8 years ago, this was): leave disposable cameras all around the house. It was inevitable that, at the height of stupid, punishable behavior, some highly amused, short-sighted rocket scientist would snap a picture. Mom would collect the cameras and have the film developed only to have photographic evidence.

A fool with a tool is still a fool. Frankly, people like the landlord should be grateful that people can be such idiots about what they publish on places like Facebook. We talk about the value of transparency, but people don't stop to think about what that really means. How many parents only got on Facebook at first to monitor their kids? And how many times do you think it takes for something to come back to haunt them before they start getting smarter about how to use the tools?

People will eventually learn. In the meantime, though, it certainly is amusing to see people being dumb and then getting caught in the act on something entirely preventable.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Lina Maini — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:15:39 -0000

I posted about this over a year ago on my blog: http://beaconbulletin.com/2...

It's unfortuantely too true that public, and not so visible but researchable by experts, information, can and will be used against a person. Sorry for the Miranda rights tone of this post but it's important for people to realize the full implications of what opening up their private lives can lead to.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Jamar Herrod — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:58:50 -0000

LMFAO. A hot mess. That is what it is.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Christian Anderson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:19 -0000

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Christian Anderson — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:46:02 -0000

Given the house party pix the house-trashers posted, my guess is they'll have trouble renting again as more and more landlords for their Facebook due diligence.

I'm waiting for the story of the kid that gets turned down for an apartment because of Facebook pictures and the parents sue for invasion of privacy. You know its coming.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Josh — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:39:18 -0000

I don't get this story...who cares if they posted pictures or not...if renters trash a house they trash it and unless it's repaired before the landlord sees then there will be consequences. Social networking simply make it known sooner than otherwise.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Betti Anderliter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:15:41 -0000

Actually, I wish we had social networking sites as a resource while I was an apartment manager in previous years. It could have saved me some grief that I had suffered due to the unknowing unruly tenants that I had.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Erin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:09:58 -0000

Wow...crazy!

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

Harshad — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:06:54 -0000

Haha really funny story. I have never seen such example in my life. However, this is not just for facebook, other social networking sites and photo sharing sites will also give the same results. ;)

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

MLDina — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:06:19 -0000

It looks like the tenants left before she had a chance to evict them. You have to be careful what you post on social networks, you never know who is watching. Oh, and cleaning up your rental is always a good idea, too.

Re: Facebook Can Get You Fired, Dumped, And Yes, Evicted

TJ Kelly — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:03:25 -0000

"...the incident might provoke landlords to start searching for party pictures on social networks - you never know when your thrashed apartment might show up."

And as well they should. If we make the information public, why shouldn't we pay consequences for it? Schools and police departments are doing it, and I support them 100%.

There needs to be a line between public and private. If something is private (or incriminating), maybe you shouldn't post it!