The warnings from the news and fellow students have reached a fever pitch. The time has come: I have my on-campus intervew schedule, so it's time to clean my MySpace and Facebook profiles of anything that might be "incriminating." What does that include:
- Photographic evidence that I, at some point in the past, have held a half-full bottle of beer that I may or may not have been drinking from.
- Comments referring to me by a nickname that, if used as an epithet, would be mildly offensive to some people.
- Comments from friends in regards to attending social functions attended by a significant percentage of my law school's student body.
- References to my political orientation, even though my resume paints a fairly clear picture on where I stand on partisan issues (namely that I worked on the Hill for Democrats).
I suppose these social networking sites were not going to last as places exclusively for twentysomethings to virtually frolic free from parents, bosses, potential bosses and anyone else. The same openness that allows you to find people you haven't seen since sixth grade allows every firm in the country to identify your choice of bottled lager. The party is over.
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