Stopped coursemate from getting a job?

So my course mate applied for a job where I work in a social media role. I don't know her particularly well, but I don't dislike her. However, I was horrified to find out that she had posted nasty things on her anonymous (but not very well disguised) blog about one of our senior managers, so I told the hiring manager, and I her application is being put in the bin.

I feel really bad because I don't want to stop people from getting opportunities, but she lists our uni on her blog and from a few posts you can work out who she is. The stuff she was posting was slander and I wouldn't feel comfortable if she'd got the job, which is why I feel selfish. Did I do the right thing?

The better thing to do would have been to talk with your course mate about the content she is posting and get her to rethink what she writes. In what context does she know or is writing about your senior manager?

What did she say? I wouldn’t have said anything personally. None of my business.

Said stuff about how people hate the senior manager (based off rumour) and that they were having an affair with someone (which isn't true due to information I know but I'm not going to start commenting and denying things because I didn't want to reply).

I didn't think that messaging her was the right thing to do as I (admittedly selfishly) didn't want to get drawn into it like that.

You didn’t want to get drawn into it, but you stopped her from getting the job. Are you absolutely sure it was her and are you sure of all your facts? I really hope someone doesn’t do that to you one day.

It's up to the hiring manager who decided to take the action.

100% sure, the blog has the same name as some of her other social media which you can see her name on.

Is youre sure they actaully said that then I think you did the right thing. Workplace gossip can tear colleagues apart when then are supposed to work as a team. I assume that the hiring person did their own check too so I wouldn't worry about it.

Some advice to this other person. If you want a job with a company, don’t **** them off online and talk about rumours. Not a good idea.

So my course mate applied for a job where I work in a social media role. I don't know her particularly well, but I don't dislike her. However, I was horrified to find out that she had posted nasty things on her anonymous (but not very well disguised) blog about one of our senior managers, so I told the hiring manager, and I her application is being put in the bin.

I feel really bad because I don't want to stop people from getting opportunities, but she lists our uni on her blog and from a few posts you can work out who she is. The stuff she was posting was slander and I wouldn't feel comfortable if she'd got the job, which is why I feel selfish. Did I do the right thing?

tbh I don't think you did anything wrong... she was *****ing about the boss before she even got the job??? It's a good job she didn't get hired bc it could have been drama city and youd get drawn in if you know each other

telling on your colleague is different to preventing someone getting the job imo, she's nrver gonna find out about this and if she does she'll assume someone else found the blog