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I wouldn't post anything on Facebook (or on social media generally) that could be professionally embarrassing but I also don't generally accept invites from people who are solely professional acquaintances or use it in a purely professional context at all.

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> I wouldn't post anything on Facebook (or on social media generally) that could be professionally embarrassing

The age of self censorship :)

I don't post anything on my FB. I'd still reject any employer who wanted to take a look.

Self-censorship is probably a good thing in many cases. And there are certainly things I don't care to share in writing on any public or semi-public medium.

But I agree that even if I can't keep an employer from sleuthing generally, I don't consider Facebook part of my professional record even if there's nothing on there I'd have a problem with a co-worker or potential co-worker seeing.

>> what's on it is no one's -ing business in a professional context.

> The age of self censorship :)

I find this amusing.

I would also like to know what you hoped to achieve by self censoring the word fucking in your message above.

- HN doesn't block posts with any kind of "profanity" filter

- You didn't spare anyone from the profanity, since we all knew exactly what you were saying/thinking

So I'm really curious what that actually achieved.

That one amuses me because of a character in a (iirc) fantasy book that swore all the time but used just -ing everywhere. Sadly I don’t remember what character of which book…

It's Mr Tulip, of Terry Pratchett's The Truth.

Thank you! I was pretty sure it was Pratchett (but not which book and character) but I self censored in case i was wrong :)

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