Women fired over facebook

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twesterm said:

superchunk said:

twesterm said:

There's a difference between talking at the water and posting something that everyone can see and that will always be there. 

Hopefully she loses, learns not to be such an idiot next time, and figures out how to make her wall private.

No there is no difference FB is not open to the world like being in a public forum. Its limited to those you allowed to see your profile. Therefore its like talking to your friends or coworkers.

She deserves to win.

It depends on what she had her profile set up as and if she worked at a job that required her to disclose her Facebook page if she had one.

I'm going to assume she was some sort of nurse at worst?  If so, I know that nurses (or most anyone that could possibly work with children really) are required to disclose their Facebook page and even become friends with the company.  That should be clue one to the woman not to be a moron and talk crap about the company she works for.

Furthermore, if you're dumb enough to trash talk the company you work then you're probably also dumb enough to not set any sort of privacy settings.  That means not only does every one of her friends see her saying something (including those of her friends outside of her company) but so does anyone else looking for ner name.

Stupidity shouldn't be rewarded, you don't write negative comments about the people feeding you.

 Pull out any "IFs" you want, but the precedent you should hope for is one that enforces an employees right to freedom of speach regarding their employers in their private venues. FB is simply and extension of your home. Regardless if you leave all the windows and doors open or not; its your private area.