My primary issue with it was the need for password. Someone wants to do a
background check? I either accept or I don't, depending on the nature of the
position, how important it is, etc. Someone wants to check my social
networks? Hey, they're all public:

Twitter: jessewilkins
Facebook: jessewilkins
Slideshare: jessewilkins8511
LinkedIn: jessewilkins
YouTube: jessewilkins

I'd have to think about the various Ning networks, etc. but I'd at least try
to explain that all they have to do is look at my public profile. I
*wouldn't* agree to anything beyond that (though for me that's less of an
issue as I'm a pretty public person). 

A better approach in my mind, and one I know many of you already do: Google
"candidate name". If something odd comes up, and it's legal to ask about it
in the interview, do so. If it isn't, it doesn't matter; it could be that
that Jesse Wilkins isn't me and it should be pretty easy to prove that.
Those of you named Mark Smith or Susan Brown may have a tougher row to hoe. 

And I wonder who the first smartypants will be to register on, oh, 300 SM
sites, each of which has a slightly different username and password, and
then apply for a job up there. And here's a question from the previous
thread - Yahoo! Groups counts, right? It is Social Networking 1.0 if you
will...ditto chat forums...hey, I'd put my Usenet account and my original
ICQ account just to be a pain. :) Didn't check them all? Sue for lack of due
diligence. As the adage puts it, "Careful what you ask for...."

Respectfully submitted on behalf of myself and no other company,
organization, association, entity, or board of directors,

jesse
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