Can Someone Explain Facebook/Twitter?

[shootingstar]

This is what they say in general about Facebook, whenever inappropriate use comes up in the media: "don't publish anything that you wouldn't want to find pinned to the nearest lamppost for all your neighbours to see".

Or if one posts anything on any Internet tool, including twitter, FB, don't lie.

As we may know LinkedIN is used for posting one's work related history, details, etc. I discovered when browsing a colleague's LinkedIN profile, that she lied about the work period dates for a certain employer. She overextended the date period of working in a particular role.

I know she lied, because the person who actually worked in that same extended time period for same firm, ...was ME. She was my predecessor.

Now I'm trying to politely straighten out this crap with her. I had staff reporting directly to me with written performance appraisals, granting of bonuses. So my role was real. I'm not a ghost. Oh well, I also have a full article published on the Internet during my tenure with same employer during same time period.

I spoke with a employment recruiter about this incident. She told me...that some candidates have lied outright about certain firms that they worked for ..when in fact, they had not. She did advise that no matter what, let this colleague fall on her face because it will eventually bite her back later.

So the Internet can reveal things one never dreamt of.