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MaryLennox said:
if they did take me off the site, how long is it until it stops showing up on Google? I am not applying for any more jobs until then.

I should have asked them to do it before I started applying, but it seemed excessive. ugh. oh well maybe they WILL call me . . . after all i do have a wide open schedule. but, i am not holding my breath.
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From my understanding, anything that's been posted to the web is basically forever on the web. It may become harder to find with time, but the image will still be around.

To answer your question, I think some images will show up on Google even after they've been removed. I know I've experienced this when looking for images on Google search before.
 
lstone13 said:
From my understanding, anything that's been posted to the web is basically forever on the web. It may become harder to find with time, but the image will still be around.

To answer your question, I think some images will show up on Google even after they've been removed. I know I've experienced this when looking for images on Google search before.
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well i think that google updates every . . . i dont know, week? so while it doesn't come off right away, it does come off eventually.

i clicked through to the second page and found my research advisor's CV with my name on it (we wrote a paper together) and I definitely cant ask him to take that off. hopefully if anyone searches me they wont click to page 2
 
MaryLennox said:
if they did take me off the site, how long is it until it stops showing up on Google? I am not applying for any more jobs until then.

I should have asked them to do it before I started applying, but it seemed excessive. ugh. oh well maybe they WILL call me . . . after all i do have a wide open schedule. but, i am not holding my breath.
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you can submit a request to google to remove content methinks

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals

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MaryLennox said:
well i think that google updates every . . . i dont know, week? so while it doesn't come off right away, it does come off eventually.

i clicked through to the second page and found my research advisor's CV with my name on it (we wrote a paper together) and I definitely cant ask him to take that off. hopefully if anyone searches me they wont click to page 2
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why would it be bad to be on someone's CV? it's not like you can never work in a restaurant (wait, was that you, or did you have a different interview?) if you've done research before... as long as you're interested in the job and would do a good job, and they don't think you're leaving asap, then you should be fine!
 
JJMrK said:
You can make your facebook non-searchable by search engines in the privacy settings.
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yeah, I don't trust facebook. i mean, you can't even delete if you want to. you can only deactivate.

ive read too many stories like this. it's not even that there is anything that incriminating. yeah, maybe you can see me with a PBR before my 21st birthday in a couple pictures. it's just not worth it though.

honestly, i love not being on that time waster anymore. i'd rather be on this one.
 
scapermoya said:
yeah, I don't trust facebook. i mean, you can't even delete if you want to. you can only deactivate.

ive read too many stories like this. it's not even that there is anything that incriminating. yeah, maybe you can see me with a PBR before my 21st birthday in a couple pictures. it's just not worth it though.

honestly, i love not being on that time waster anymore. i'd rather be on this one.
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you can actually delete, i have permanently deleted mine
 
scapermoya said:
yeah, I don't trust facebook. i mean, you can't even delete if you want to. you can only deactivate.

ive read too many stories like this. it's not even that there is anything that incriminating. yeah, maybe you can see me with a PBR before my 21st birthday in a couple pictures. it's just not worth it though.

honestly, i love not being on that time waster anymore. i'd rather be on this one.
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Yeah. All of that can be avoided if you make your profile inaccessible to people who aren't your friends and don't allow it to be searchable by google.
 
JJMrK said:
Yeah. All of that can be avoided if you make your profile inaccessible to people who aren't your friends and don't allow it to be searchable by google.
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how can you be confident that a school requesting information directly from facebook isn't given some kind of access us peons don't know about.

i know that sounds paranoid, but they are a company, and I sure as hell didn't read the whole EULA. it's not like facebook has a good track record with privacy anyway.
 
scapermoya said:
how can you be confident that a school requesting information directly from facebook isn't given some kind of access us peons don't know about.
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Because that would be illegal? And it would be a MAJOR lawsuit if that got out, which it would, because SOMEONE on the inside would let it slip. And exactly how much money would that REALLY be worth to a school?
 
GoSpursGo said:
Because that would be illegal? And it would be a MAJOR lawsuit if that got out, which it would, because SOMEONE on the inside would let it slip. And exactly how much money would that REALLY be worth to a school?
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in what way would that be illegal? i've read enough of facebook's EULA to know that any content you upload is owned by them.
 
GoSpursGo said:
Because that would be illegal? And it would be a MAJOR lawsuit if that got out, which it would, because SOMEONE on the inside would let it slip. And exactly how much money would that REALLY be worth to a school?
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scapermoya said:
in what way would that be illegal? i've read enough of facebook's EULA to know that any content you upload is owned by them.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's NOT illegal. It's the choice of facebook to allow you to control your privacy settings, not what they are mandated to do by law, meaning that they maintain their rights over the information presented on the website.
 
scapermoya said:
in what way would that be illegal? i've read enough of facebook's EULA to know that any content you upload is owned by them.
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lstone13 said:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's NOT illegal. It's the choice of facebook to allow you to control your privacy settings, not what they are mandated to do by law, meaning that they maintain their rights over the information presented on the website.
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I mean I guess. I just have a hard time believing a school would actually pay Facebook for the "privilege" of searching the private users' info.
 
GoSpursGo said:
I mean I guess. I just have a hard time believing a school would actually pay Facebook for the "privilege" of searching the private users' info.
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I don't find it too hard to believe at all. I mean, criminal background checks only reveal so much about a person. Furthermore, employers use facebook as a tool to research into potential employees. Schools and employers invest in you, why wouldn't they make sure they know as much as possible about that investment?
 
like i said earlier, it's a paranoid idea.

however small the risk is though, the benefit of having an active facebook isn't enough to overcome it for me. i honestly hate the thing most of the time.

i will probably reactivate it once I am accepted. it's damn useful for keeping up with old friends.
 
yea once my friends started working, it was totally different

you cant not friend your colleagues/boss if they request it, and at that time you start having to restrict info/take things out and it gets awkward. kills the whole point of facebook
 
brooklynblunder said:
yea once my friends started working, it was totally different

you cant not friend your colleagues/boss if they request it, and at that time you start having to restrict info/take things out and it gets awkward. kills the whole point of facebook
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my friend has a professional facebook with his real name that's squeaky clean and a personal one under a pseudonym that's anything but. he's smart.
 
brooklynblunder said:
yea once my friends started working, it was totally different

you cant not friend your colleagues/boss if they request it, and at that time you start having to restrict info/take things out and it gets awkward. kills the whole point of facebook
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limited profile FTW
 
brooklynblunder said:
yea once my friends started working, it was totally different

you cant not friend your colleagues/boss if they request it, and at that time you start having to restrict info/take things out and it gets awkward. kills the whole point of facebook
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It was definitely better when it was college students only.
 
lstone13 said:
I don't find it too hard to believe at all. I mean, criminal background checks only reveal so much about a person. Furthermore, employers use facebook as a tool to research into potential employees. Schools and employers invest in you, why wouldn't they make sure they know as much as possible about that investment?
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Think about it; I don't think it makes any sense for either side.

What amount of money would reasonable for a school to pay for this service? I don't think that much, honestly. First of all, not every user out there has harsh privacy settings; a decent number of users, they have access to for free. Second of all, there is a MAJOR difference in manpower necessary between looking up 3-5 applicants for a job from the perspective of an employer and 500+ interviewees from the perspective of a school; we already hear about how understaffed an admissions office is just trying to read all the applications and review all of the candidates, where are they going to find the time to sift through 500+ facebook pages. Thirdly, how many facebook pages do you think they run across that they really think brings up such a major red flag that they remove them from consideration? 1 in a thousand? 1 in ten thousand? People applying to med school, in general, aren't dumb; they're not going to have crazy partying pictures up on Facebook for the exact reasons you're worried about here. So how much is it REALLY worth a school to MAYBE screen one student each year in their applicant pool via that manner--especially given that even if they happen to find something, there's nothing guaranteeing that they can't be a perfectly good med student who also happens to party? It just seems to me like the benefit here couldn't possibly be worth a very high price to a school.

On the other hand, what number would be enough for facebook to risk the trust of its millions of users? There already are plenty of paranoid people like yourself and scaper who are hesitant or outright don't use facebook as it is; if it got out that they had those kinds of deals, the user backlash would be huge and, IMO, the ad revenue lost from decreased user usage of facebook would certainly outweigh whatever small amount they might be able to squeeze out of a school. And mind you, it seems HIGHLY likely to me that it would get out; it seems like some adcom member somewhere would tell their kid to take down their facebook while they're applying because they know about this, and then the kid would let it leak and there'd suddenly be a huge problem on Facebook's hands. So I think if this sort of deal existed, we'd probably know.

So ultimately, yes, by all means watch what you put on your facebook. But there's no way I'm going to believe there's some shady deal between schools and facebook; what it would be worth to a school would be worth such a tiny fraction of what facebook makes from ad revenue, there's just no way I see it making any sense for either side. 🙂
 
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very lucid. your logic is hard to argue with.

i guess my fear isn't so much that i suspect there is some kind of secret deal between schools and FB. it's more that you can't be in control of everything that's on your page, and while the chance may be minute or even 0 that a school will make an attempt to access your profile, the benefits of having a facebook weren't enough for me to justify keeping mine on over the last few months.

schools never really tell you why they rejected you (although I just found out I can call pritzker in april and ask that question exactly... sweet), and I would hate to have the thought lingering in my head that a can of beer or a joint in some picture could have had an effect.

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brooklyn said:
who read that
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:laugh:
 
brooklynblunder said:
yea once my friends started working, it was totally different

you cant not friend your colleagues/boss if they request it, and at that time you start having to restrict info/take things out and it gets awkward. kills the whole point of facebook
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Reason #10,000 to be self employeed.

brooklynblunder said:
word, now the most popular age group is like 35-45, my parents are in that age group!
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You're parents aren't very old. Mine are in their 50s.

brooklynblunder said:
who read that
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not I.:meanie:
 
brooklynblunder said:
who read that
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Yeah... my compulsive side is showing 😛 I knew nobody outside of maybe stoney and scaper would read it, but I like flexing my reasoning muscles every now and then just to make sure they're still there 🙂
scapermoya said:
schools never really tell you why they rejected you (although I just found out I can call pritzker in april and ask that question exactly... sweet), and I would hate to have the thought lingering in my head that a can of beer or a joint in some picture could have had an effect.
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Well hopefully you'll get into Baylor and it won't matter anyways 😀
 
GoSpursGo said:
Yeah... my compulsive side is showing 😛 I knew nobody outside of maybe stoney and scaper would read it, but I like flexing my reasoning muscles every now and then just to make sure they're still there 🙂

Well hopefully you'll get into Baylor and it won't matter anyways 😀
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i was just kidding, spurminator
 
TBH, I really don't see what the big deal is. I think there have been a few select incidents that have made everybody a little bit facebook-privacy crazy.

For example, I once had someone tell me that even if I set my privacy settings to "friends only," prospective employers are going to "hack into" my profile and get my pictures/information anyway. This is implausible for so many reasons, but I still hear this all the time from old people and even people my age.

The other thing is: So you're holding a beer can. And...? Not illegal last time I checked.
 
brooklynblunder said:
i was just kidding, spurminator
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Man, I thought I'd finally escaped that nickname!

But yeah... nobody read it. 😛
JJMrK said:
TBH, I really don't see what the big deal is. I think there have been a few select incidents that have made everybody a little bit facebook-privacy crazy.

For example, I once had someone tell me that even if I set my privacy settings to "friends only," prospective employers are going to "hack into" my profile and get my pictures/information anyway. This is implausible for so many reasons, but I still hear this all the time from old people and even people my age.

The other thing is: So you're holding a beer can. And...? Not illegal last time I checked.
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👍
 
it's so silly to think that if I had just joined this site a year ago I would have known by now in all likelihood.

hindsight is awesome! 👍

any of you guys (have time to) play video games at all?

hear about this project natal thing?

it's insane. no controllers, just a camera that reacts to your movement.
 
it is illegal though, if you are under 21

and if you are in a "substance" free dorm room, they can actually write you up for that (or they say at my school, which is bs)
 
brooklynblunder said:
it is illegal though, if you are under 21

and if you are in a "substance" free dorm room, they can actually write you up for that (or they say at my school, which is bs)
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i turned 21 less than 6 months ago, so it really applies.

although, now that I think about it, how can they really be sure what country you are in? when I went abroad I was 20 and could drink everywhere I went (except in countries with no alcohol... stupid morocco).

hell, in most states it's legal to drink under 21 as long as you are home with family.

i guess I was a lot more paranoid than it made sense to be. (does it ever make sense? heh)
 
well they would know what country you are in if you creatively name your photo albums, ie Bubblin in Dublin
 
yea that video game thing is pretty sick.


im waiting for a day where you can just literally go into a building in google maps/satellite in live time
 
DrYoda said:
There's a good number of schools with similar policies.
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and then there's schools that tell you you can ask then give you a bs answer...ahem vcu haha. they told me i didn't have enough clinical experience which i def dont think is my weakness. i guess it would be a little akward to tell me my interviewer just didnt like me which i think was the real reason for the rejection😛
 
i just boiled a kettle dry. the handle was smoldering, and now the house smells like burning plastic. :smack:

stupid netflix streaming.
 
Morning all....

Brooky, 2.5" and counting. The snow isnt so bad....the temp and the windchill are horrendous. my bro said negative 30 tonight. :scared:

....Steamboat tomorrow though!! Skiing all weekend with the man (he took off work, he took off work!!!! 😱)



37 days till the 2010 Winter Olympics. Get pumped USA!
 
damn negative 30? its like positive 30 here and i cant take it


ahhh rooftop pools in miami
 
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