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As an advocate and evangelist for social media and Twitter usage for business and individuals, I’m a big believer in the power of transparency and authenticity.

However…

It’s essential that you always remember anything you publish anywhere on the internet can, and will, be found.  Even if you’ve got privacy settings enabled, I’d still only ever publish the same things I would happily say in front of my family, colleagues and boss (luckily by being consistently open with them throughout my life/career, there are few times when it would become an issue, and I’ve built up a reasonable amount of trust).

I had a little sympathy with James Andrews, when he managed to slur the entire city of Memphis en route to speak about social media to a company based in Memphis. (You can read his own response)

But the current hot story is mindnumbingly stupid (especially in the current climate):

Someone offered a job by Cisco posted the following tweet:

‘Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.’

(Sadly the account, @theconnor, is now private, ruling him out of Tweet of the Week).

Within hours he got a reply from Tim Levad – Cisco channel partner advocate:

‘Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.’ (Original here)

Info via I’m Not Actually a Geek.

And because I can’t resist: