FireMe - Who wants to get fired?

[rohansingh]

I really don't get the point. Sure, these tweets are ostensibly public to start with. We all know that. So why this passive-aggressive approach to things, with a quote at the bottom saying, "So don't blame me, instead get responsible"?

Perhaps whoever posted these tweets doesn't care? Maybe they've already done the math on the chance of discovery? Maybe they are posting anonymously?

This isn't even the first time we've seen a compilation like this, so it's not like it's novel or anything. Seriously, what's the point?

[shurcooL]

I talked with a girl recently and she was surprised to find out that her tweets are public (and tweets from people she follows). I was surprised to find out she didn't know that.

This makes me think maybe there are many more people than we expect who don't know this.

[bobsy]

To be honest the name of the site could be flipped to hire me. "Save people from jobs they hate."

[kerbs]

Similar to, but not nearly as damaging as @NeedADebitCard https://twitter.com/NeedADebitCard

[laumars]

That is the funniest thing I've seen all week. One girl even posted a picture of her ID next to her debit card!!

[scott_s]

That is astounding.

[moron4hire]

Getting fired from my last real job, over a year ago, was one of the best things that could have ever happened to me. Haven't starved yet!

[namenotrequired]

Did you go freelance? :)

[aspensmonster]

If an employer has to spend his time troweling his employees' social networking accounts to find out which ones don't like their job, he's doing it wrong.

[hp50g]

Give people a platform for their voyeuristic, narcissistic ramblings and they will hang themselves through ignorance.

If you write it on the Internet, be polite and respectful or anonymous!

[lucb1e]

Similarly: http://www.weknowwhatyouredoing.com

[canadev]

Man... the inability of these people to form a proper sentence saddens and scares me.

[deefour]

And (the now defunct) http://pleaserobme.com/ from a couple years ago.

[Confusion]

Quite a few false positives in there though.

[shurcooL]

There's also a bot that retweets people posting photos of their new credit cards.

[lhnz]

Why do I feel like I'm participating in a web developer's slave morality?

Let's hope that these people quit their jobs to lead more meaningful existences.

[alenart]

1% chance of being fired! File that under winning.

[zozu]

2% here. I feel the hot breath of my boss in my neck already.

[shurcooL]

This is cool, but I'd really like to see something like this for YouTube comments. That would really help get their quality up.

[andrewcooke]

for those that don't want to go through disabling disconnect, ghostery etc just to see what it is (and it's not worth it) - it searches for tweets from people saying that they hate their job and displays them.

[belorn]

It searches for the exact string "I hate my job", thus giving some lovely false positives in "I hate my job... Not!".

[brador]

Could a project like this ever come under libel laws?

[bradwestness]

I don't see how, given that the content is knowingly provided for public consumption by the individuals

[idealform01]

post how much you hate your job, your company will find out and make your wish come true :P

[zshprompt]

there are a lot of bots on there

[goloxc]

hell ya