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Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Make Belief World of Social Networking


picture source: Harold Elam Jr (picasa)


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Hey! Have you changed your profile pic! You are looking so nice…”
I have updated my status, check it out.”
Have you uploaded our party pics? Don’t forget to tag me buddy...”
I poked you, why didn’t you? It’s not fare.”
My favorite hero twitted yesterday that he would tie knot soon. I’m gonna die!”
Hey buddy, what’s up? I’m just chatting.”
Why don’t you download information from net? It’s too easy. You can just Google it.”
" Hey! Have you seen my baby? Isn't her smile one in a million?" 
 
These are few expressions which have become a part of the world of social networking. Across age groups people are getting used to conversations of the new generation. This is the trend of a generation who are too obsessed with themselves. 
 
Am I being rude saying that? May be I’m not. Isn’t it our obsession to spend most of the hours of a day in front of a screen & make new friends who can never be met (even running the risk of being duped by fake profiles), giving updates of every single step taken in the day ( I just washed my teeth, I am feeling sleepy now etc), editing snaps in Photoshop or Picasa to create beautiful profile pictures? Nowadays we do not even have any personal or private life, because we update our status, flood our walls in facebook with every change in our life. Even we have given right to every person (known or unknown) to make comments on that. Now we have become attention seekers by creating our "hip and happening" profiles consciously or subconsciously waiting to count how many likes & comments we get.

Can we instantly become prettier after someone make a comment or can we become ‘not so cool’ after someone thinks that? These social networking sites are overpowering our minds & we are forced to believe what others think or say about us. These websites like Myspace, Facebook, Orkut, Twitter,  Yahoo 360 & so on got instant popularity for its ease of use & free subscription. A person does not need to be a computer expert to use these websites. Therefore every single person has their own account & profile these days. Not everything these websites have offered so far is bad. However, the way the young generation is using it is unworthy, useless. It would not be so harmful if it becomes a tool to relax in leisure time or to get refreshed after a stressful day, but it is affecting the mental-development of young generation who are more conscious about their profile settings than the real world, society, career and the future.
Social networking websites have discovered a wide field where people around the world can access what they want. There are millions of sites (such as Google) where we can search for valuable information, news blogs, & other essentials. If this social networking can be used fruitfully, no other medium can be better than this one. Even Facebook, Orkut and similar websites like this are useful to voice one’s own views, opinions, protests against social or political issues & to make strong public support on a burning problem. Now it depends on us how we use it. It can be fruitful if we wish or can just ruin our ability to think if used in a wrong manner. Ideas and opinions in Facebook, Orkut or Twitter should not guide our lives, images posted there of life and happenings should not be the real story. The real story should come out of life which is real and not virtual. 

About the Author

Shayani Gupta is student of Journalism & Mass Communication at Muralidhar Girls College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and they do not reflect in any way those of the Dispassionate Observer.

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