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[shrek]

yes, they need to learn to be a teeny bit little more discrete-- is there a fb policy at your university?

[wet_blanket]

OP, would you object if the same message were emailed to a subset of the department faculty?  I ask because your objection as well as that of most posters on the thread seems to be at least in part that the message is out there for all the world (or 1,500 people) to see.  As I said upthread, that isn't necessarily - and in my opinion, isn't likely to be - the case.

[kcdavis6274]

This is why I don't use Facebook at all. It eliminates the possibility of committing a faux pas that will be indefinitely accessible to the public.

[infopri]

In response to previous questions, there was no name mentioned in the posting, just a comment about seeing a job candidate's teaching demo.  Also, this colleague is not on the search committee.

Oh, wait a minute.  I thought the offending colleague was on the search committee.  S/he was merely an audience member?  In that case, I don't see much problem, even if the other two candidates saw it.  I'd see an issue if this person was on the search committee, but the opinion of an audience member has no direct bearing on the search.

Sure, it would have been better if s/he hadn't posted the post--but I truly don't think it's a problem that s/he did.