I am 21 years old. I live in a metro. I have a good number of friends. And I am NOT suffering from people-phobia or agoraphobia or mental instability. So would you call me eccentric if I were to tell you I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK??
That's enough now; staring is rude - push in your eyeballs.
I'll tell you why.
1. You get 'Accept or Decline' messages from a lot of good buddies you know. One or two scraps are exchanged about how each of you are doing, and what each of you are doing. And the conversation stops there. After this, the 'good buddy' just remains passively in your friends list, his presence only contributing to your total friends tally.
2. You get 'Accept or Decline' messages from people you know barely enough - you are aware of the Ram from Std XII B, the Lavanya from the street parallel to yours, the Maria from the Church youth club, but you've never exchanged a word or even smiled at each other before.
Now I know you might say this is in fact good, considering that the networking site proves to be a useful platform to start talking to people you would never talk to up front.
I say its just as worse because the scraps halt here too with the 'how are you's and 'whatcha doing's. Sometimes its just the 'Accept or decline' message and nothing else once 'Accept' is clicked. Like those unknowns are only intent on piling up friends on their friends list. C'mon lets see who reaches a thousand friends first!
I say its just as worse because the scraps halt here too with the 'how are you's and 'whatcha doing's. Sometimes its just the 'Accept or decline' message and nothing else once 'Accept' is clicked. Like those unknowns are only intent on piling up friends on their friends list. C'mon lets see who reaches a thousand friends first!
3. Requests from strangers. Like you or they don't have enough friends already. Imagine chatting with a stranger like you are long -lost pals, all the while grinding your teeth that your best friend hasn't sent you half the number of scraps this new guy has left you!
4. One other thing is updating your profile. Or even entering anything in it. It becomes a Canyon-crossing task - requiring preparation much larger in scale than ones given for CA final exams.
You gotta think. And you gotta advertise yourself. And the photo you upload should be the best that's ever taken of you - it should scream 'you-wouldn't-notice-this-hotness-if-we-meet-face-to-face'
5. Last of all, somehow these sites have only left me feeling cold and lonely inside.
No, Evy don't start typing. :)
Why do you say so? eventhough they remain pssive in your account at least you will remember that okay I have seen them and they remember me. actually these people remind you of your school days or college days when you see their name. It is "not totally the scrap thing but you can make some thing (useful) out of that scrap":)
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