Was IBU to Facebook search the nursery staff?

[LadyLupin]

I didn't think I was until I mentioned it to my sister and she was a little shocked.

Two of my children recently started pre school and before they did, I Facebook searched the 3 staff members that run it. I don't know what I was looking for really, part of it was plain nosiness and partly because I wanted to see what they were like, whether they re posted Britain First crap or had photos of themselves posing gangster style it something. I would have probably sent the DC somewhere else if they had.

I also read reviews of the pre school and all the usual stuff. I'm a little more concerned than I was when my older children were young enough to be starting out at preschool as one of my DC has SN and I've been worried about leaving him.

I justified it to my sister by saying that if they didn't want to be searchable then they would've had their Facebook accounts locked down tightly. I can only see what they have made public.

Was I unreasonable to have searched for them? Do you do this, or am I odd?

Exactly MrsMook.

Pathetic.

You're making it public though by not privacy settings on, can you not SEE that?! It's not private!!!
Why leave it open to the public and then tell the public they can't read it? It just doesn't make sense!
It's like selling your story to (for example) the Mirror and getting an article published.
Then telling everybody not to look it, don't look at it!

YANBU its up to them to make it private. I did it and found out that the wee girl who was always picked to be Mary, always first to go anywhere and have her pictures on the walls was the Nursery teachers grandaughter. It annoyed me so much and i couldnt say anything about it as i couldnt say i seen it on Facebook.

You aren't getting it Sally.

To be that ridiculous and paranoid to have to look up a worker at your childs nursery is quite frankly weird and stalkerish.

People have lives. People put things out there, it doesnt make them axe murders or child abusers. Maybe they had a couple of sherberts, so damn what. Mind your own business!

To be that ridiculous and paranoid to have to look up a worker at your childs nursery is quite frankly weird and stalkerish.

Why shouldn't they look up the nursery worker? Perfectly valid thing to do. Nothing to do with being weird and stalkerish. People look round schools, get a feel for the place before sending their child there. Just an extension of that, surely?
Why shouldn't they try to find out more about who is looking after their child all day?
Keep profiles PRIVATE.

Ah well, I can live with being weird and creepy

I'm pretty sure they will pop up on my friends 'I may know' list and vibe versa at some point, but it's hardly the end of the world.

I don't think it's ridiculous and paranoid, it's just interest and curiosity. I only looked at the information that was made public, presumably, for the public to look at.

I look up loads of people, as, that's what FB is for. Old boyfriends, neighbours, teachers at my DCs school, old teachers of mine etc.

Teachers check at parents sometimes too. I posted ages ago about being disappointed in my child's (secondary) school. I didn't name the school and my surname is different to that of my child. The head of year mentioned it to me the next time I saw him. That was awkward and I felt quite put on the spot.

pathetic, truly pathetic.

if you are going to those lengths then look after your own child.

People have lives. People put things out there, it doesnt make them axe murders or child abusers. Maybe they had a couple of sherberts, so damn what. Mind your own business!

Of course they have lives. Nobody's denying them one. Nothing wrong with having a drink or two or three
Why if you're a teacher though would you want to mix up your professional and personal life online?
It should be a school policy to not friend pupils or parents of pupils, and to have a private profile. It is at our primary school. Surprising it's not everywhere. It should be. Some schools must be more lax than others when it comes to internet safety and savviness.

I said earlier, but I will say it again, I've no interest in photos of nights out or drunken stuff.

I would have been bothered about things like liking Britain First stuff, or racist, homophobic, disablist stuff. Luckily, there is nothing like that.

I agree with you Sally . People should know better than to not have their pages private. I know a girl who lost her job after posting pictures of the staff all drinking on the shopfloor. Her manger looked her up and seen the pictures posted over a year before he seen them. We all know better now. If you choose to keep it public then people have every right to look.

I don't think it's ridiculous and paranoid, it's just interest and curiosity. I only looked at the information that was made public, presumably, for the public to look at.

Exactly. That fact seems to be completely sailing over heads though.

I don't think typing a name into the FB search bar is really 'going to those lengths' it's hardly MI5 style snooping. It's a public profile on a high traffic site.

why should people know better? why should everyone become "private" why should everyone stop living normal lives in case? Its just ridiculous.

Teachers check at parents sometimes too.

They'll be disappointed at my profile if they come for a nosy then - they'll see bog all apart from my profile picture and cover.

Snoops that see what they want to see due to their own ridiculous "standards" make everyone feel that they need to "hide" things.

why should people know better? why should everyone become "private" why should everyone stop living normal lives in case? Its just ridiculous.

Why would you make information public to the entire world and not want it to be seen?
That argument just doesn't make sense. You've made it public. Therefore people will read it. If you don't WANT it public, why are you making it so?!

Well if they don't make it private they have no right to complain about any Tom, Dick or Harry looking at their page. Clues in the name making your page public means any member of the public has the right to look at it.

Because people of a normal standard that like a laugh now and again don't actually think that it should be "hidden" and I will never ever get someone thinking its ok to stalk employers on a "social" media site. I have no need to go "searching" anyone. Its weird.

I think it's weird too.

People in the position of looking after children or working in schools are well warned about making their profiles private. If they choose to ignore them thats their faults.

employees*

Well if they don't make it private they have no right to complain about any Tom, Dick or Harry looking at their page. Clues in the name making your page public means any member of the public has the right to look at it

Exactly.

Their fault? really? get a grip.

Stop snooping on a "social" media site for workers at a damn nursery.. You are beyond ridiculous.

Look after your own children then and all will be perfect.

nutters

And once again I'm relieved I'm not a FB user .
I find this totally weird .
YABU