It's a world of ephemeral relationships. It's a virtual world, where your reputation, your competence is commensurate to the intensity of likes on your facebook account, the length of your friend list, the mobile phone you possess and your popularity among peers.
Social Networking is a chiaroscuro of the good and the bad. It charms everyone in the beginning. The level of addiction is such that no day passes when you don't login. The people in your vicinity lose their importance. You have time to chat for hours in the virtual but not the real world. A few years ago, we used to meet people, spend time with them but not in front of our screens. It might have annealed the world the together, but it has created a dearth, a vacuum which no chat engine can fill, a vacuum that is palpable as time progresses. Wishing people on phone has been replaced by wishing them on their walls. You have time to enter the walls of your friends, your family, but no time to enter the four walls of their homes.
The meaning of the six letter word 'friend' has changed. Half the people in your so called 'friend' list are just your acquaintances, most of them you haven't even met. You click photographs, not to treasure them in your memories but to flaunt them among your peers. People in your life crave to see you giggle, but your walls are lucky enough to see your smile, your gusto. One develops transient relationships in this virtual world. These walls are fortunate to know 'What's on your mind?'. They share your happiness, your pains, your sorrows, every small occurrence in your life.
I am not against facebooking.There was a time it fascinated me. But the irony is that it has distanced but not connected me. But the fascination was evanescent as well. I would rather smile and giggle with people and spend time with them, and don't make the nagging excuse of 'I am busy'. I still long for those days when connecting with people didn't allude to online chats, didn't allude to facebook, didn't allude to social networking.
It's not that you'll miss something if you aren't a part of this rat race. Rather, you'll not be a rat.
Social Networking is a chiaroscuro of the good and the bad. It charms everyone in the beginning. The level of addiction is such that no day passes when you don't login. The people in your vicinity lose their importance. You have time to chat for hours in the virtual but not the real world. A few years ago, we used to meet people, spend time with them but not in front of our screens. It might have annealed the world the together, but it has created a dearth, a vacuum which no chat engine can fill, a vacuum that is palpable as time progresses. Wishing people on phone has been replaced by wishing them on their walls. You have time to enter the walls of your friends, your family, but no time to enter the four walls of their homes.
The meaning of the six letter word 'friend' has changed. Half the people in your so called 'friend' list are just your acquaintances, most of them you haven't even met. You click photographs, not to treasure them in your memories but to flaunt them among your peers. People in your life crave to see you giggle, but your walls are lucky enough to see your smile, your gusto. One develops transient relationships in this virtual world. These walls are fortunate to know 'What's on your mind?'. They share your happiness, your pains, your sorrows, every small occurrence in your life.
I am not against facebooking.There was a time it fascinated me. But the irony is that it has distanced but not connected me. But the fascination was evanescent as well. I would rather smile and giggle with people and spend time with them, and don't make the nagging excuse of 'I am busy'. I still long for those days when connecting with people didn't allude to online chats, didn't allude to facebook, didn't allude to social networking.
It's not that you'll miss something if you aren't a part of this rat race. Rather, you'll not be a rat.
very true.......:)
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