Facebook, the profusion of information

Increasingly, recruiters find information on candidates with the help of community sites that disseminate the lives of their members unprotected. How far can you go to learn about the candidates? Rentre there really in their private lives, because the information is freely available? Here is a selection of articles figaro which has the merit discussing the matter: New Internet darling french, the community site Facebook seduced the whole earth. Impressive! The figures and statistics on Facebook, the social network the most chic of the moment, are still impress the jaded world of the internet. Displayed on the site, these statistics announced more than 55 million active members. Registration fever is spreading throughout the world in record time: 250000 new entrants each day since the beginning of the year. From China to Canada, from Turkey to Chile via Egypt, the world rallied Facebook. France is, of course, also affected by the epidemic. The inscriptions runs counter to the full. On November 23, at 10 h 23, could seek his friends among some 583,198 people in the country. A minute later, six newcomers showed their photo and profile: a fact sheet where we found (or not) his age, his place of residence, his tastes, his political opinions, sexual preference, religion. .. In short, a gallery on a global scale where it absolutely must now exhibit their under penalty of pretending to be the last of ringards … First colonized by students, the site has become in a few months the darling of 25-40 years. The more than 25 years represent the demographic group in greatest increase. If the jokes are still potaches prominently, the content diversify. The site is increasingly being used to develop its professional network. Women are the majority. According to the blogger Paul Francis (who used Insights, the new statistics tool for advertisers offered by Facebook), they represent nearly 64% of users. One of the keys to this incredible success lies in the richness of its content. Open to developers, the site offers thousands of applications for entertainment, exchange and interact with its network of friends. Quizz, drawings, gifts or “virtual” pots that are exchanged, developers leave rein to their creativity to amuse and surprise “Facebookiens.” What is being done on Facebook? It first looks his friends: childhood friends, school, college, work colleagues, and so on. In the thousands of discussion groups present on the site, we philosopher, have fun … They make fun (the fashion pants cut “slim”, for example), we drag ( “Do you want to become my friend, your photo is pretty good?”), Recounts his life, goes on stage, we nurtures relations, as are discussed in the pub or at the coffee machine, everything and nothing … On Facebook, more involved, it is more popular. It is the exchange of pictures which remains the main occupation of Internet users (14 million photos uploaded every day). The voyeur aspect of the site is seen as one reason for its success. On butine from one profile to another, and it makes its honey stories of his friends (the application “mini-feed”, for example, can become aware of the latest developments regarding the user and his friends …). It focuses on the cards of friends of friends who themselves have friends in all corners of the planet. This new fashionable place is perfect for increase in record time its “social capital”. But also to make politics and campaigning. It crosses randomly centrists of Sciences-Po in Paris, a group against the transit strike, the federation digital UMP, environmentalists … The same persons in real life, finally. Privacy To limit access to your information, it is necessary to take some precautions. Top right on the home page of Facebook is the link to the “Privacy”. It is the gateway to various configuration tools. Profile: lets you configure the access to your profile page, your personal information, as well as applications in the networks to which you belong. Search: allows you to configure the information will be accessible to people who use the site search engine. News Feed & Mini-Feed: This section allows you to choose the type of information you want to view your contacts in the “news feed”. Poke, and Friend Request Message Settings: to control personal information accessible to people with whom you speak or exchange. Applications: can manage its applications and select the information you want to share via these applications. People Block: Allows you to block access to your profile certain people. Limited Profile: allows for a limited profile which will be offered to anyone you choose. For example, a professional profile will give access to only a portion of your information to your professional contacts. A need for contacts While we are witnessing a disintegration of the social fabric with family breakdown or disappearance bars and other traditional meeting places, the social network recreates a virtual certain links, upsetting our habits of communication. After the fashion of the moment ( “What! You are not yet on Facebook?” Or “Myspace is too corny, I do swear by Virb”), it shows a true transformation of society and the insatiable need of our contemporaries to get in touch with their fellow men. As such, the success of meetings website Meetic (53,712 unmarried connected at the same time – more than 28.5 million registered profiles in 95 countries since its launch in January 2002) is revealing. Nearly half of Internet users french reportedly went on a social networking site in July 2007 (13.2 million visitors). According to Comscore, the European Internet users now spend 3 hours a month on such sites (2 hours in our country). Intensive Users can remain connected until 22 hours per month, with more than 71 hits. Be careful not to be completely overwhelmed by these virtual friends and not make confusion with real life. As such, parents have an obligation to keep in touch with new technologies to curb the activities of their children wisely. The best way is perhaps to enroll in turn … Focus directed by Pascal Grandmaison, François Delétraz, Carl Meeus and Marie Fringand 21/12/2007Arnaud Chapu