I thought I knew me. Nop --- spying into another person's life through social networking sites, is not me! Fake fb friends, small talk, the pressure of "status updates," selecting the perfect profile picture --- who wants that kind of stress?? I mean I am more than satisfied in keeping in touch with 2-3 people who I can have a good long chat with and be ME, rather than having 200 non - friends on facebook.
Soooo here I was the lone anti facebook warrior who had the audacity to delete her account. Trust me, i got a lot of heat from EVERYONE: friends - family - random ppl in uni and the metro! Didnt think a facebook ban can be a real conversation starter - at the mere mention of not having a fb account, you get a "are u mad look", accompanied by a painful smile and in some instances a high pitched voice going :
FB Addict: OMG, you are not on faceboook?? Whhhhyyyy..... did u have a bad break up? is da guy stalking you.... honeey da guy can stop ur whole social liiifeee!
Me: Yaaa me not on fb.... No i jus believe in the 'face to face' conversation concept or the 'phone to phone' conversation more than a 'profile to profile' chat.
FBA: oooooooh -- i c, but how do u keep in touch wid far of frnds who ull neva see again.
Me: hmmm true true, but fb was the means for a small, polite, uncomfortable chat lasting for a couple of days which would, after the chat period, bring back ur orginal friendship status to --- "not so much in touch now".
FBA: Lollllzzz ur jus weird, i mean dont u wanna upload pictures and show off who u partied with in which weekend ????
Me: ummmmmm superficial muccch????
FBA: eeeerrrr i got to go update my status ---- nice talking to u... BYE!
By this time, you would have identified how shallow or deep the person is --- i mean wht attracts a person to FB, genuine concerns abt picture uploading (mayby the self obessed kind??) or taking an effort to reconnect with friends and family?"
Anyways, my self imposed hiatus of facebook has come to a sad end. why u may wonder, well the answer is curiosity - im done being condescending to all facebookers, thanks to a very close personal friend (whose a renowned fb addict), i have found new found happiness in stalking poor unsuspecting facebook friends..... Hopefully my addiction with facebook would be based on a genuine effort to connect with the people who really matter and of course to be in da "gossip loop" again :) Well u knw wht they say --- "If u cant beat em --- join em :P"
I really like this one. Btw, I think the Facebook addict didn't probably know what superficial means and they ran off :P
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