The Social Network

I doubt if there is anyone who is not in some social networking site or the other. I mean 99% of my friends are there in either Facebook or Orkut or Hi5 and the rest 1% are too busy in life to join the networking club. I joined Facebook nearly two years ago and I was super excited at first since it was the first ever social site I put my leg in. I was all into updating my interests, taking the perfect display picture, and adding my school friends. I was an active member of games like pet society, UNO, Restaurant City, Pull tabs, Sudoku etc. But I guess the interest in games slowly fades away with time. My pet Fifi must be drowned in flies by now and starving to death (that is what happens when you don’t play the game for a long time) and my restaurant in 'Restaurant City' burnt down.

I understand the fascination behind taking photos of yourself but quite a few are obsessed with themselves. Their narcist like albums are only filled with photos of them giving weird wanna-be poses. Surely you could have a few self-centered shots but seriously people, I don’t think anyone would be interested in you sitting, standing, walking or standing topless showcasing your newly grown (fl)abs. Oh, and there are some of them who keep photoshopping their faces - I actually tend to forget what they really looked like.

Another class of people actually hit ‘like’ on whatever they post. They post something and then they like it, they comment and they like their own comment. They post a video and oh, there is someone who liked it – click to see who it is and bingo, it is the same person who posted it. Uh, it just portrays your sorry state.

I also get tired of unknown and barely acquainted people sending me requests. I mean no offense but it’s a “friends list” and I actually would like people who I know, really message or talk to me to be in that list. So please don’t fret or call me arrogant and pig-headed when I click ignore.

So whether you are filling mob contracts, milking cows, cleaning pets, stalking people or posting corny lines, do it sensibly. You are being watched.