What facebook has done has revolutionized internet and its purpose has been stretched to amazing and incredible limits. I chanced upon facebook and being a very novice computer -user...in the sense that I hardly know anything technical about the computer or about its innumerable possibiliites.....I had to grope my way through to get on the socila networking site facebook and for that matter blogs too. I did it all in fun and got myself into facebook and was quite wary initially about including unknown persons as friends, because I had heard about the inherent hazards that stalk social networking sites.
Initially I used to be so bugged with my daughter spending a lot of time interacting with people unknown, unseen and unheard on facebook! Now I have come to realize that one can make a lot of good friends on facebook, though literally not face to face, meet people with similar interest virtually, exchange views, share music, photos and thoughts. After some time, these relationships grow on you, and become an integral part of one's life, so to say ,and who knows, these may be the people who will console you when u are sad or share your happiness whn you have something to feel joyful about., There are no strings attached to any of these relationships. Thats the best part..No obligations or favours..just pure camraderie and sharing and caring...It is a chance to like people whose faces we havent seen or may not even meet anytime. Ofcourse, we do see some faces in their profile pictures..and thats about it..get aglimpse of their family too from their profile if they choose to include those details...Soon facebookers come to know that soand so is soand so's daughter, etc..Its interesting to open the page and see what people have written whether they like what you have said, whether they share the same sentiment etc. Its also fun toseethe photos uploaded, hear songs on U tube and remember great peots, singers etc depending on which group you belong to. There are differnet groups on facebookand we may join what interests us. song groups, travel groups , spiiritual groups etc.
i belong to a music group that is very active, interactive and passionate about music.we celebrate great singers, lyricicts, music directors, remember film stars' birthdays etc. There are also invites to music concerts and if one has time and interest and leisure one can even attend these.. I did attend one such music concert..shankar Jaikishen nite while I was in Bombay, thanks to my daughter, who got the tickets over the internet. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and passion that people show when uploading old melodies.and thwe discussion that follows is also quite a debate. People seem to have so many facts and figures on thier fingertips!
There is no agebar for joining facebook. Only thing is one must have a variety of interests to engage in debates or discussions on topics.I would say it makes me feel younger than I am really. Thanks to the founder of facebook. Its a lot of fun especially if we are on the wrong side of 60 provided we have humour and good spirit,and are willing to see different view points.
Initially I used to be so bugged with my daughter spending a lot of time interacting with people unknown, unseen and unheard on facebook! Now I have come to realize that one can make a lot of good friends on facebook, though literally not face to face, meet people with similar interest virtually, exchange views, share music, photos and thoughts. After some time, these relationships grow on you, and become an integral part of one's life, so to say ,and who knows, these may be the people who will console you when u are sad or share your happiness whn you have something to feel joyful about., There are no strings attached to any of these relationships. Thats the best part..No obligations or favours..just pure camraderie and sharing and caring...It is a chance to like people whose faces we havent seen or may not even meet anytime. Ofcourse, we do see some faces in their profile pictures..and thats about it..get aglimpse of their family too from their profile if they choose to include those details...Soon facebookers come to know that soand so is soand so's daughter, etc..Its interesting to open the page and see what people have written whether they like what you have said, whether they share the same sentiment etc. Its also fun toseethe photos uploaded, hear songs on U tube and remember great peots, singers etc depending on which group you belong to. There are differnet groups on facebookand we may join what interests us. song groups, travel groups , spiiritual groups etc.
i belong to a music group that is very active, interactive and passionate about music.we celebrate great singers, lyricicts, music directors, remember film stars' birthdays etc. There are also invites to music concerts and if one has time and interest and leisure one can even attend these.. I did attend one such music concert..shankar Jaikishen nite while I was in Bombay, thanks to my daughter, who got the tickets over the internet. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and passion that people show when uploading old melodies.and thwe discussion that follows is also quite a debate. People seem to have so many facts and figures on thier fingertips!
There is no agebar for joining facebook. Only thing is one must have a variety of interests to engage in debates or discussions on topics.I would say it makes me feel younger than I am really. Thanks to the founder of facebook. Its a lot of fun especially if we are on the wrong side of 60 provided we have humour and good spirit,and are willing to see different view points.
