LIKE,SHARE,COMMENT- MANIA !!

Facebook, the current ruling online obsession has evolved with time to become a means of online identification. The plain blue and white page reigns millions of teenage hearts.

The frantic,crazed alcoholic obsession in liking,commenting and instant minute to minute status updates has become a welcoming infection. If I’m not exaggerating, it has incorporated itself into the basic amentities of life- air , water, food ,shelter and FACEBOOK .

This evolution in information sharing has helped in connecting with friends in any nook and cranny of the world .It has become more of a habit to check your home page atleast once or chat with someone before you sleep otherwise you spend a restless night.

As a college student,I would say that facebook is an amusing world with an amusing population of its own. It’s the perfect place for a break , good entertainment and giggles. Out there, the people you know  exhibit totally different personalities and hence makes it a must place to stay online.

Making friends is now only a click of a button away. Personal knowledge or history  of the person no longer remains a criteria.Anybody can become friends with anybody.

Categorisation of any general friend list –

80%- strangers.

10%- hang out with them everyday but do not engage in everyday conversations.

7%-acquaintances

3%- actual friends(including relatives)

Hence , it is a means of connecting with your next door neighbour or with a penguin in Antartica.

The most commonly sighted online behavior is accepting anonymous friend requests.

And why so ? Because every user’s most prided possession , is his friend list.

The bigger the list , the better the socialiser you are. But little do we all know that the longer your list, the fewer people actually  know if you exist and if you are a male or female.

Facebook has become increasingly a very useful tool in faceless flirting.

The advantage of  not having to see the person’s expression or judging their feeling or reaction , encourages online flirting. An emoticon speaks less and hurts less when compared to a punch in the face (emoticons have less impact. It saves the risk of a blue-black eye).

The crazy drive on uploading pictures.

No matter how pretty you are , please never bore others by uploading pictures on a daily basis.It has now become a must to carry a cam for any outing. Sitting, sleeping, eating,blinking photos are common sightings. Even a trip to the grocery store or the dentist ,has to be photographed and uploaded.

The crazy ambition on achieving the maximum no of likes on any picture ,etc, I could keep going on. I am pretty sure many college goers would agree with me.

Just like Alice in Wonderland, facebook is an online wonderland.

It’s the fbians(  citizens of facebook)  that keeps this social network going.