The perils and pitfalls of social media, and why Facebook may just secure you that job

By Dr Robert Lefever for the Daily Mail

Published: 13:56 GMT, 8 August 2012 | Updated: 17:55 GMT, 8 August 2012

Facebook monitors individual profiles for weirdos. The shutters come down if too many 'red flag' characteristics  give warning that an oddball may be trying to set up an account.

Some psychologists and employers now believe that someone who does not have a page on Facebook, or on another social networking site, may be a misfit or even a psychopath.

Facebook is now used so commonly by young people that not having an account might indicate that you are abnormal and dysfunctional, or even dangerous.

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Normal: Some psychologists believe that someone who does not have Facebook may be more likely to be a psychopath

The German popular magazine, Der Tagesspiegel,  noted that James Holmes, the man accused of murdering cinema goers at a Batman film in Colorado, and Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer of socialist students on an island  holiday camp, have a common feature in their lack of Facebook profiles.

Having a Facebook page can be seen by some as a testimonial declaring social normality, with a wide circle of friends. The absence might indicate that there is something serious to hide.

Before the advent of social media, friendships were made - and broken - without the rest of the world knowing

Older people, who established their social circle before networking sites existed, made friends without declaring to all and sundry that they had done so.

They had more subtle - and some not so subtle ways - of letting it be known that they belonged to particular social groups. The old school tie and membership of The Bullingdon Club or living in the areas of Notting Hill or Chipping Norton come to mind.

I myself have a Facebook page but I keep forgetting to look at it. Maybe that makes me not-so-young but, hopefully, I am not in need of surveillance.

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