In the article "New Web tool warns people if their tweet will get them fired" by By Riya Bhattacharjee of MSN News. the author talks about a new web tool that warns a twitter user if his or her tweet has the potential to get them fired. Kawase got the idea from a talk at his university on the web and its effect on the work place. Kawase states that there has been over 22000 tweets from people who have talked negatively about their work and bosses. The website also lists examples of tweets that have gotten people fired in the past. It also lists a number of celebrities that have gotten fired from their sponsors for certain tweets that made them look bad.
Personally, I don't think it is right that company can fire an employee for something he/she says on a personal account. I can see how the company looks at it but I still don't think it is necessary unless the post is a threat of violence or something alike. since people do have to worry about loosing their job over a comment online, I think this tool can cool some peoples temper and make them think twice about what they are doing.
I loved your article and I personally think that it a good idea about the "tweet alert". People should not get fired for what they post on their account, but in todays generation a lot of people live online. When the workers make their company look bad. The company might even end up loosing their clients and investors becaue of that. This goes hand in hand where the company would not hire a person if their facebook account is not respectable. with media here is no privacy so people should just be respectful when they post, you never it might cost you a job.
ReplyDeleteI loved the article.
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