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I bet most people NOT on Facebook have one person in their social circle that they would not hire base on what they've seen them do in real life - people they might have considered hiring if they'd interacted on Facebook instead.

Well, I wouldn't have hired those people regardless of their Facebook postings. Facebook just mirrors what I see in reality. If someone is so short sighted that they post things that will keep them from being hired, they are likely engaging in a number of behaviors which are not helpful to them getting hired.

Equally, I post many things on facebook that I would not expect an employer to like - but I restrict their viewing to people I directly know.

The entire scenario of a highly savvy person having a publicly viewable page that is then used against her is slightly absurd

Some HN readers don't have Facebook accounts. I don't.