Facebook, something that started in 2004. Not really what we needed, but what the hell! Who doesn't mind socialising once in a while? Mark Zuckerberg was brainy enough to understand this and result of that you got "Facebook". I joined facebook in 2008, before which I was on Orkut and hi5. Hi5 being one of the most boring socializing site ever! Orkut was kind of good, but then it didn't offer much privacy. Then came the leader which attracted everyone, nearly everyone.
It's been two and a half years on facebook, and surprisingly I'm not really bored of it. Instant urge to view what's going on in someone's life, what's his/her relationship status, what's he joining now? It's all on facebook, thankfully only to few friends. Facebook grew as a networking site for reconnecting with your long lost friends and making new ones. However now that we see it, it's changed the way we people live completely!
I have to agree, I log on to facebook every 2-3 hours to check for any notifications and for something new. It's like my friends' life is open in front of me, for free mind you. ;) Facebook is being used everywhere, either to reconnect with friends, to arrange parties and send invitations, to wish someone for something, to show off in some cases, to grow a fan club/group, to hold competitions and for popularity. Even this blog post can be shown to people by connecting it to facebook, right?
Facebook, like certain stuff has become a part of our lives, and we have to accept it. It's a great medium to explore, learn and utilize time. Oh yes! It definitely kills time.
Now coming to the negative aspects, It's got some serious side effects. Teenagers have started feeling withdrawl symptoms, something they feel due to consumption of fast food or drugs too for that matter. Impatience has started creeping over our minds, not for one minute can we stay still and think what we have to do next. Facebook has become the ultimate time killer, which was once not even important for us. Spending less time with your family, watching less television, reading lesser books etc have all been the side effects of over usage of facebook. Facebook HAS become a drug for us, and we are addicts, agreed? It's like now we're so screwed we have to get off facebook! Yea that feeling sucks, and it takes time I guess. Atleast that's why I'm trying to distract myself from facebook :P.
So are you an addict? Or are the non-socializing one? Or you don't really need facebook to socialize? I have friends from each category, I don't hesitate to say that I am from the first category. In fact why should I? Did eminem hesitate to say he used to smoke weed? Did any of the goth singers ever hesitate to say they're addicted to marijuana? No right! Let it be, I'll overcome facebook one day for sure :P Once I do, I'll blog about it. Wait for it!
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