Saturday, March 31, 2012

The many faces of Facebook... as I see it

"Why do I spend so much time on Facebook?"
"To be in touch with all my friends"
"Whoa! I don't know my own neighbours properly yet I stay in touch with friends separated by thousands and thousands of miles!"

"Why do I spend so much time on Facebook?"
"To be up to date with everything that goes on in the world"
"Whoa! I don't care to know what happens in my colony; don't know who is the ward councillor; don't know who is the Mayor of the city I live in. Yet, I want to know what goes in the entire world!"


"Why do I spend so much time on Facebook?"
I can wish my friends on their birthdays though I never remember any. I can share a pic, link and feel happy because people hit Like Button. I can always be at the surface of things, never need to know them deep. I can measure my popularity based on the likes and comments I get. It makes me feel important in a world that makes me feel insignificant with every passing day. It gratifies my ego. That's the key. In a world of increasing loneliness, I resort to Facebook which fills the void in the short run but ensures it in the long run.

"What do I like about Facebook?"
It connects me to people - something so true of Internet in general and FB in particular. Something so powerful that one blog will not suffice to write about it.

"What do I don't like about Facebook?"
Its rewards are inversely proportional to intellectual depth.




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"...Fills the void in the short term but ensures it in the long term.." How True !!