Most of you who are on the Facebook might have listened to this song by David Ippolito, which depicts the hot favorite Facebook forum, a widely used social networking site. This had become a craze a few months back and I had loved it the first time I listened to it. If you listen to this song too, you can identify with my anguish at this hugely popular social networking site. Please check out this link to know more about the song.
Off late, I have started detesting this sudden show off of false emotions and concern of strangers whom we do not even know.
How cool does it feel when a wife learns about the day to day activities of her husband from Facebook, who is abroad for work? He just posts something on Facebook which he is thinking about randomly or posts pictures of some place he visited on a week end and then except her all other people who are not his regular friends, who are in touch with him, flock to give their expert opinions and comments on the photos and his ideas.
How does a husband feel when he comes to know from Facebook that his wife is going for lunch with her friends and meeting up with her old buddies at her favorite restaurant or for that matter has got a driving learners license?
Things that were once very personal and intimate and which were meant to be just between a husband and a wife are first been shared with the junta, most of whom are complete strangers to us and our loved ones are the last ones to get informed. I know many people who are in reality very introvert and have no real friends in flesh and blood, but have 500 friends on the friend list. How can a person be so social and active on net when he/she avoids meeting people personally? Perhaps he/she is comfortable that way because other people do not intrude his so-called private space. But is there a private space left with such social networking sites?
Birthdays, anniversary, celebrations of any kind, in face the tiniest thing happening in one's life is posted in form of messages on FB and then people who are free and have time and inclination to respond (at his/her whim and fancy) respond on such messages. I may sound very blunt, but I do not feel it comfortable nowadays to share every little joy and sorrow on the net, don't I have real friends to share with? We do not have time for our families and friends, but we make it a point to login to FB and check the status of the other person. Do we call our best friend of yesteryear and wish him on his birthday? Do we ask our married friend who is lost in her child and household duties about her well-being? No, we do not have time to do that, but we have time to comment and leave a scrap on some friend's profile, whom we have not even met in our life.
Too much influx of social networking sites has robbed the pleasure of small and tiny things, which gave immense pleasure and which were meant to be very personal. Technology is taking us away from our loved ones and we all seem to be enjoying it, enjoying getting lost in a tangle of web or virtual friends who wouldn't be there when you really need them.
I am saturated to such an extent now, that I am contemplating to delete my FB account and you won't be surprised if you do not find me there one fine day..
Very well said Mrunali.... Too Good !!!
ReplyDeleteThis stupid so called networking sites have actually taken away all the emotions,feelings,relationships to be felt only as a “Comment” or “Post”. Day by day it is taking away from our near & dear ones.
Good one dear:-) Loved it !!!
i surely know the "he" and "she" :)
ReplyDeleteWell written and I agree with each word of yours. Slowly we are pushing ourselves into the virtual world where we needn't have any human element involved. Just type, click, post and there we go- we become social animals again. Said that, perhaps the influx of virtual forums for socialising has made friends who make it a point to call and meet so much more dearer than ever before.
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