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I don't know, but I made sure we didn't have profile pictures with anything bad in them after submitting our application!

you should assume yes.

They will check FB and google.

Yes, checking social media is common. Is your profile public anyway?

Oh, yes. I have heard two turndown stories based on things boards saw in FB.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

You can make your FB profile only show basic information to nonfriends. What bothered these boards? People drinking winr or some such? Don't make these profiles public.

Meant "wine."

You should assume that any aspect of your profile you make public will be viewed by everyone- potential employers, stalkers, your (current/future) children.

I would simply deactivate Facebook from offer through board approval. Who knows what people find troublesome? Looking at my FB profile, a board might decide I travel too much. So, just deactivate it till you pass the board.

just curious -- are they requiring applicants to give up their FB and other social media passwords? For sales or for rentals? Many prospective employers are doing this now as part of the job application process.

Why would anyone even have a public profile? That lack of judgment would concern me. But seriously, are you really asking if an admissions committee might google an applicant to see what pops up? Ain't much of an admissions committee if they don't. If you do it for your baby sitter, and employers do it for all potential hires, and kids search to learn about their schoolmates, are we really wondering if a board would do a computer search of someone applying to be a shareholder?

Actually you don't need to deactivate your FB all you have to do is change your name. That's what college applicants do and it works. For example if your name is Joe Smith, change it to J. Smitty and no one will be able to find you, unless of course you have mutual friends and the board is saavy enough to realize what you did!

As MAV said assume yes. Some employers check to see if employees have social networking pages. Social networking shows who you are; LOL/SMH.

Just assume EVERYTHING you do on the internet is basically public. I work at a large company and we are tying offline and online data... it is being done. It's not nefarious like "1984" - we're just trying to sell more stuff - but the point is it is getting a whole lot harder to be anonymous online.

OP,

Change your facebook name and don't give the board the email address you created your facebook account with. Moving forward, if you post anything to the web, it's there for the world to see.

OP,

On a final note, remember to change your profile picture, LMAO.

NYT wrote an article on this two years ago.

Also, even if you restrict your information to friends, or friends-of-friends, Board members often can find common friends that will allow them to see your profile.

Bottom line is don't put anything online that you wouldn't be comfortable with employers, boards, government seeing. Sadly, I don't think you can maintain the expectation of privacy anymore.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/realestate/20cov.html

JSW - you bring up an important point. Yes, boards are going to look at all available data online.

But it goes two ways - prospective buyers should ask their broker for a list of residents and board members of the co-op.... and try to see if there are any friends or business associates in common. Real friends, mind you - not facebook friends. Nothing is going to help more than having a personal connection to the building through an existing shareholder. I have frequently received calls from neighbors letting me know that a friend or relative is hoping to buy in the building, and a recommendation from someone the board actually knows rather than random letter writers is worth its weight in gold.

You want this porsche. Give me your facebook password. My associates and I will get back to you.

Gotta love coops.

And bf a bunch of ninnies get their panties all bunched up, condos seem to work pretty well. There are these things called by-laws and then there are these things called laws, and then it's called talking to ppl to resolve issues.

Coop financial and social force fields for 1970 to 1989 buyers who've accomplished nothing and who couldn't get into their own coops on their own financial footing even if they tried. Flmaozzzzz

Oooops. I mean Audi r8.

Such a sexy car. I gotta get my sexy on.

"Coop financial and social force fields for 1970 to 1989 buyers who've accomplished nothing and who couldn't get into their own coops on their own financial footing even if they tried."

And, many times I have had a hard time telling them apart from the long standing stabilized tenants. I too was an early inside-price lucky soul in 1979 and always stayed away from all that figurative finger pointing from the old guard. I even had the nerve to remind them of what was posted above. Many of themn don't appear to be the most objective bunch. IMO.

only retards use real name on assbook

assbook is for stupid fun only

Bill where do you live. I want in on your coop. Together we could let in all these sub standard buyers who can afford the price but don't have enough left over. Itll be exactly like 1980 when coops just wanted someone who could pay the maintenance much less 'the new buyer is rich, so I must be rich also mentality'.

Gawd, I hate non reflective souls..... The ninnies that think their $3mm bubble gain is a reflection of their accomplishments. Sorry bud, the guy with the $30mm bubble profit laughs in your sad poor face.

As I'd assume most people on this board know, the internet is a great way to find out information that was previously unavailable or difficult to obtain. I think that the internet helps the buyer more than the seller however--SE is a great resource and there's little that a seller can do to level the playing field.

FB can cut both ways in a transaction, but I think it helps the Board more than either the buyer or seller.

Target: Unless you know the person well enough to know where they live, it's unlikely they'd be able/willing to write you a letter of reference that would carry weight with the board.

jsw363, google "caonima"...

>Do boards check people's Facebook?

The government does.