By Eric B. Meyer
A new app called FaceWash promises to get rid of all of this from my Facebook account.
Here’s how it all works (according to the folks at FaceWash):
FaceWash comes with a precompiled list of words that may be considered offensive or alarming to those viewing your social history. This list spans a broad spectrum of “dirtiness,” from sex to drugs to curse words and more (it even includes some seriously abstract crazy things you might have posted). FaceWash also allows you to input your own words that may not have been covered in our list.
With a few clicks, FaceWash performs a search and alerts you to sections of your Facebook page that you may want to delete.
So, basically, my entire Facebook existence — except for that time I “liked” the photos from my son’s 2nd birthday party. Society’s loss, I suppose.
Intended for recent college grads, this service may be useful to other employees (young and old) in your workplace with a tendency for loose-Facebook-lips.
So, pretty much every Facebook user I have encountered.
Therefore, the next time you train your employees on your social-media policy …
You do train on your policies, right?
As I was saying, the next time you train your employees on your social-media policy, pass along two tips from your old buddy Eric:
This was originally published on Eric B. Meyer’s blog, The Employer Handbook.
