Sensible use of social media .

Heyyy ! Awwwww chooo cute !! Ah u luk lik angel ! Wow what a pic where is it taken ? While banging (yeah you read it correctly) they keys of my keyboard , I hardly can see  the words  appearing on the canvas area of the ms word I have just typed in and you better know why (all are underlined red).  Social media, the hottest platform for the people to share and connect. Imagine to share a news if u still had to send a telegram with one guy having to key in the Morse code and then you hope for it to reach ASAP.  With the advent of such a platform (is it really the platform?)  not only communication has become faster but also we are , to an extent losing our space in life. Of course you are free to join or disjoin it anytime you want but the point there is not joining or disjoining it or advocating the use of it.

                Let me digress. When I say is it really the platform, I really mean it.  It’s not only me or you, it all the users of such a social media who acts as platform for the host company on which they can run.  In a way though such a site is, technically is deployed using a server and has an attractive home page and user interface and a mobile app for all the various mobile platform, psychologically it is we who act as the platform on which they run their business.

                Coming back to track, I am not against becoming a member of such a social network, for I wouldn’t have created an account on a social site.  One should always see both the sides of a coin. Of course even the social media has its own pros and cons. Of late people being reactive on social media think is same as being active. God help them ! In my personal opinion it won’t let people be what they are. It forces people to be someone else.  What makes me say this is that many people feel that they are not leading a good life only because they tend to compare their lives with of the others on the social networking sites.
           

                Also , of late social network serves as complaint box . Some indirect communication camouflaged as some quotes ( why don’t you sing kishore da’s dard bhare nagme and upload it on social site?)   Sometimes the posts even go to an extent to compel you to share it and like it even if you don’t want to . Like please share this god’s photo in 7 seconds and share it with 7 people you will have good luck. Boss in that case any Tom Dick and Harry would have gone to a cyber cafe asked the guy to open an account for him and share such umpteen number of photos and get good luck.

                One more funny thing that people have come up with. Share things like what does your birth date reveal? Had it been true then how easier it would have been to understand women ! (wow I wish it was real ). What’s your ex’s name starts with ? Boss why on the face of the earth would I want to broadcast it to the whole world ? Check out this app to know when and how will you die ? Is the site playing God with such freaking apps? What were you in previous birth? What the hell has that got to do with what I am now. Plan what you want to do in this life.

                So many malicious links have been discovered, still people don’t know where to draw the line. And posting where and with whom you are hanging out. It’s good to a certain extent but one should know where to draw the line. You just can’t post your hangout details with your boyfriend / girlfriend. If you are not concerned about your privacy at least be concerned about theirs.

                I again say that , I am not  against joining a social site,  but what I do advocate here is the disciplined used of the social networking site.

                

Disclaimer : The views /opinions expressed in this post are the personal views / opinions of the author. The author doesn't intend to discriminate defame any social networking site.