The next time facebook decides to yet again redesign its interface to give its users who just got used to the existing one, a new and improved fb, they should add a warning on the homepage – facebook can be injurious to your mental peace. I’m serious, fb is like tobacco. It’s addictive, it becomes an excuse for work breaks, you think you are going to reduce your usage but every time you stay away for too long you get withdrawal symptoms. It’s the e-age addiction.
I am currently on rehab myself. I’m trying to ‘quit’. The realization came when one day in the market I recognized a friend’s friend’s friend. Thanks to fb minifeeds. I know exactly who went where for a vacation and exactly what they saw, where (read with who) they slept, what they ate and of course how much they drank. So when I saw this particular friend’s friend’s friend, I was tempted to go and ask her, “hey, where did you buy that dress you wore to the beach that day you all got sloshed on all that fenny?” But then on second thoughts, I might just sound creepy in case she refused to recognize my presence from facebook. I didn’t really want the dress anyway. On third and fourth thoughts, I don’t even want to recognize people on the road. I know the world is shrinking and boundaries are breaking and it’s one big happy global village and all that but really, I do still like good old privacy.
Of course it has its advantages in the way that it can reunite long lost friends and acquaintances. But all was fine in paradise till it was limited to a joyous reunion. The trouble began when it became a voyeur’s haven. Not to forget, the judger’s jannat. I can do a complete character analysis based on the pictures, the posts, the status messages and well, the quizzes one takes. These can make or break your cyber reputation. What maths equation are, you can tell more about you that you can imagine.
It’s very difficult to kill the voyeur within. But I’m trying. Maybe I will switch to twitter as a consolation. Or maybe I will lay my life open here in this blog where the personal and the public will still merge but only for those who really want to know.
PS: This one was more like diary from Bombay rather than Bombay diary J
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