

Connor Riley
Twitter post makes woman internet sensation













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By ADDAvenger on 3/27/2009 12:10:39 PM , Rating: 5
am I the only one that uses them?

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By inperfectdarkness on 3/27/09, Rating: 0
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By Repo503 on 3/27/2009 12:26:15 PM , Rating: 5
Um why bother blogging if no one can read it...although I guess that brings up another question; why do so many people think that other people want to read about them.

Tweets and blogs are something I guess I'll just never understand, suddenly everyone thinks they have important stuff to share with everyone.

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By Seemonkeyscanfly on 3/27/2009 12:48:41 PM , Rating: 5

Well he just not want to admit he keeps a diary.... Sounds more manly as private blog... I guess. :)

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By MikeMurphy on 3/27/2009 2:29:31 PM , Rating: 1
Its an irresponsible comment regardless of where she posted it or who read it.

She seems to lack any sense of professionalism.

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No one likes to be around that.


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By mindless1 on 3/27/2009 6:11:28 PM , Rating: 1
I'm sorry but no, being honest and forthright is in no way a lack of professionalism. She wasn't giving away company secrets, had no NDA silencing her, and Cisco TOTALLY overreacted.

They must be dumb, if they think most people aren't weighing how much they're being paid, versus the job (which if they were being professional, would have sorted out that as she conceded she wasn't suited for) versus how far they travel and other concessions made.

However, there seems a lack of honesty on her part, if she had already decided to turn the job down then what did she care that they found out and how did it "quickly come back to haunt me"? She wouldn't get the job that she wasn't going to take anyway so what's the big deal unless she felt it's important to keep secret what I mentioned above, that everyone weighs several aspects of a job vs the perks including pay?

This fishy behavior makes it seem both parties acted unprofessionally, but not so much her initial twitter.

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By msomeoneelsez on 3/28/2009 1:37:45 AM , Rating: 3
I don't feel that a company deciding to retract an offer for employment because the person wouldn't want to work there is unprofessional...

I would never want someone to work for me if they did not want to, that just leads to an unproductive workforce.

I applaud Cisco for not allowing her to work for them even if she wanted to, but I do not applaud the means that they used to figure it out.

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By chrnochime on 3/27/09, Rating: -1
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By Cullinaire on 3/27/2009 1:04:58 PM , Rating: 2
It's easy to understand, but hard to put in words.

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By Blight AC on 3/27/2009 2:04:45 PM , Rating: 5
I'm guessing it's kinda like a personal diary.

Also, Twitter is about people wanting to feel connected. A basic need for most people. It's on the same level as going out to a bar and discussing your life with a stranger over some beers. People like to communicate and socialize... Twitter is just one tool to do that.

Another tool is the comments section on news articles...

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By Reclaimer77 on 3/28/09, Rating: -1
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Twitter is for Narcissistic tools.

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By callmeroy on 3/27/2009 2:38:47 PM , Rating: 2
You hit the nail on the head and also how I feel about such sites. Disclaimer: i do have a myspace account -- but that's soley because I have a friend in the military who moves around the country, its a good way to keep in touch. Beyond that use --- there's nothing on my page.

the times we live in --- everyone knows everything, everyone does what they want, everyone thinks everyone else really cares about their personal life.....great times ....great times.....

BTW --- the performance of Myspace is complete crap, the worse performing site I've been to -- that alone makes me wonder how folks can stand using it.

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Someone's blog is only interesting when it's something you're interested in.

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By inperfectdarkness on 3/27/2009 2:20:45 PM , Rating: 2
my blogs can be read by others--namely, only those who i trust enough to list as "Friends" on my account.

not a big deal.

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By Moishe on 3/27/2009 1:18:56 PM , Rating: 3
I think the moral of the story is that if you say stuff online under your real name, people will notice and it may come back to haunt you in real life.

This falls under "DUH", but some people are freakin' clueless.

Privacy settings are awesome. Used properly you can let your "friends" see all of your regular activity.... Not people just have to get a clue about who their "friends" are and not add 328 "friends" including a bunch of people they don't know or trust.

Stupid, but this is how people learn what not to do.

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By mindless1 on 3/27/2009 6:18:17 PM , Rating: 2
I think the moral of the story is more people should do what she did, be frank and forthright about things. Once everyone does so, it won't be a matter of singling one person out and the majority consensus on a topic can help to effect change.

Thanks to her, Cisco has been given a wakeup call that they ought to consider job applicant's background, whether they are offering a job to an appropriate candidate.

The person offering the job probably should be demoted, what kind of a half-assed job are they doing if they can't weed out NON-applicants any better than this? I suppose it's possible she mislead them, but either way there seems to be more to the story than what's on the surface.

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By CityZen on 3/27/2009 6:46:24 PM , Rating: 3
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