What is it about the ever-proliferating social networking sites that makes social butterflies of the most unusual suspects amongst us? The virtual world seems to offer a safer haven for socializing without having to worry about the drawbacks that might hold us back in real life situations. In that sense the virtual world is indeed more accepting and forgiving of our flaws. Moreover, it is not limited by any geographical constraints. The whole world is our oyster now. Its a virtually limitless media for sharing our thoughts and voicing our opinion.
However, as might be suspected, there is a downside to it. There is an information overkill. We find ourselves bombarded with information that we do not need or care about. What your ex-batchmates had for lunch...how they take glamorous vacations...how they spend their evenings..the status of their relationships, professional success and so on. And some of these, might be people you have actually tried to lose touch with !
To think of it; its wholly possible to fake things in the virtual world. And I would like to think that some of them are faking it!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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