Nothing is kept secret anymore

When I was young and used to look at my dad’s mobile phone and used to curse myself for not being old enough to have one. I used to sneak out my dad’s mobile phone and play with it or make calls to my friends. I felt my life was so incomplete without a mobile, because most of my friends carried one and I didn’t… sigh!

But now that I have a mobile phone, I realized how blessed I was to not have one! Every time I look at it there’s some message or some Kevin, Nick and Joe calling me to take a loan or apply for any insurance schemes, blah blah!, or a friend calling during study hours or family time. Earlier it seems like a foolproof way to live life until the day I realized mobile phones are such a pain in the ass.

Today, we live in the age of technology where I feel everyone suffers from “information diarrhea”. Nothing is accessible without a phone or internet or the latest Blackberry Messenger or WhatsApp Messenger. People who do not have any of these above applications are considered to be dumb. And after the official opening of Facebook, nothing is kept secret, nothing is private or withheld, in fact everything is a matter of public record. What you say or do is all to be “Liked” or “Commented” on and also expected to be remembered till eternity!

The weird thing about Facebook is the rate at which they allow people to change their status; I say it should be restricted to around five times in a day or so. Why do people think others are interested in knowing about their personal lives? Twitter is another online social networking and micro blogging site where your 140 characters are seen by billions of people. People have gone crazy; they post any rubbish! How about this post saying, “The loo here stinks”. That’s so awful! Why on earth would we want to know if you are in a stinky loo or you are unwell? People will definitely go bonkers reading that… or wait, they won’t; because nowadays everyone is posting something like this. They disclose their personal life on social networking sites as if they live on these sites or should I say they live for these sites.

Adding to these problems is the friend suggestion section; even we pressed the ignore button a hundred times a day, Facebook will still keep haunting us until we… uhmm, well that’s not important.

There’s nothing wrong with using these sites, but life is not only about putting a sad smiley or <3 in the status, life is about family and loved ones who are and support each other in reality.

As I conclude I would like to say “Hello” to all the strangers who will read this and will definitely go and post something about me on their pages! I want to tell you all; think before you do things, don’t let these sites eat up your precious time because a day will come when posting and tweeting will make no difference in your life. When you stand, what you did in your life will build your future.

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