Facebook Aliases

[frikarika]

It seems all my classmates have changed their names on facebook since submitting their ERAS. What is the logic behind this? I understand this is for "security" purposes so PD's can't find you on facebook, but if you set your settings to "friends only" then what is the problem? I have my privacy settings set strictly to "friends only" in every facet, so if I don't approve your friendship then you can't view my profile.

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[LEdaddy]

It seems all my classmates have changed their names on facebook since submitting their ERAS. What is the logic behind this? I understand this is for "security" purposes so PD's can't find you on facebook, but if you set your settings to "friends only" then what is the problem? I have my privacy settings set strictly to "friends only" in every facet, so if I don't approve your friendship then you can't view my profile.

I've done the same with "friends only." Isn't that enough?

 

[Killer T Cell]

I've done the same as well (friends only). The alias thing seems a little bit over the top to me. Maybe there's something we're missing?

 

[digitlnoize]

The alias thing doesn't always seem to work. Facebook seems to remember your real name in most cases.

Just go in your privacy settings and change EVERYTHING to friends only AND remove yourself from public search if you're that worried about it.

 

[2012mdc]

It seems all my classmates have changed their names on facebook since submitting their ERAS. What is the logic behind this? I understand this is for "security" purposes so PD's can't find you on facebook, but if you set your settings to "friends only" then what is the problem? I have my privacy settings set strictly to "friends only" in every facet, so if I don't approve your friendship then you can't view my profile.

Just being paranoid.

I did what you did, then used an alias and then deactivated.

I then made another facebook account with my real name so programs can find me if they are looking but don't really see much and there's definitely not anything incriminating on this new vanilla profile.

Crazy? Most definitely.

Calming for me? Most definitely

 

[Buzz Me]

^ Not a bad idea.

 

[QofQuimica]

You could always just not post anything that you wouldn't want a PD to see. Crazy, I know, but I promise that the world won't come to an end if you don't have drunken pictures of you and your friends posted on your facebook account.

 

[jmcappleby]

You could always just not post anything that you wouldn't want a PD to see. Crazy, I know, but I promise that the world won't come to an end if you don't have drunken pictures of you and your friends posted on your facebook account.

"Like" this post.

 

[Knicks]

You could always just not post anything that you wouldn't want a PD to see. Crazy, I know, but I promise that the world won't come to an end if you don't have drunken pictures of you and your friends posted on your facebook account.

srsly, this.

EF facebook!

 

[digitlnoize]

You could always just not post anything that you wouldn't want a PD to see. Crazy, I know, but I promise that the world won't come to an end if you don't have drunken pictures of you and your friends posted on your facebook account.

Exactly. I have mine private for common sense safety reasons, but there's nothing incriminating on there. Maybe some pics of me rocking out on stage with my old band, and maybe a couple of really poor pics of me, but nothing where I'm sloshed drunk or anything...

 

[2012mdc]

You could always just not post anything that you wouldn't want a PD to see. Crazy, I know, but I promise that the world won't come to an end if you don't have drunken pictures of you and your friends posted on your facebook account.

True but I've been on facebook way before I even applied to med school. I wised up as I got older but if they got to digging on my old profile they would eventually find dirt. Much easier to deactivate than to search and delete

 

[gutonc]

True but I've been on facebook way before I even applied to med school. I wised up as I got older but if they got to digging on my old profile they would eventually find dirt. Much easier to deactivate than to search and delete

I'm not going to say that it's not possible for programs to find some horrible crap on your FB profile but, honestly, they barely have time to skim the (relevant) data you provide them on a silver platter.

The likelihood that they're going to hunt through all the John Smith's on FB to find that one pic of you from your 21st birthday with your arm around a stripper flipping the bird to the camera is vanishingly small.

 

[aceshighk]

The likelihood that they're going to hunt through all the John Smith's on FB to find that one pic of you from your 21st birthday with your arm around a stripper flipping the bird to the camera is vanishingly small.

Unless thats your profile pic


I just deactivated my account. I could do without fb for a few months anyways

 

[gutonc]

Unless thats your profile pic

In which case you deserve what you get.