Everyone is getting obsessed about facebook - Level 1 of the facebook game was seen to be being there, those who were were the "with it" ones, on the fore front of technology, uber cool. Level 2 was making friends.. this is when you started to get friend requests from people who you chose to barely interact with when they were with you body and soul, but virtually you now start connecting with. Then came level 3 and the most infectious of them all - letting the world know how eventful and perfect your life is. Many of us can identify with the rush to capture the memories(events) in life - great moments - all shared(declared) to the world. A lot of effort put in - judging holiday memories as being or not being "facebook worthy", photoshopping photos - whatever it took to be picture perfect (nearly)!. This started the voyeurism which is Level 4, and the current game on facebook.
Log on to facebook to share(show off) the life you have, check out the lives other people are leading, wonder if you thought there will ever get here, be surprised that the personal lives of many people are indeed very different from what they seem like outside (mostly far more fun and colorful than you expected) - take in all this and wonder about your own life - seems like you are not having enough fun, not going out as much, really need a holiday, need better photographs - whatever the case may be.
At its heart facebook is now down to voyeurism - this does not take away from the merit of being able to touch zillions of people instantly - because if you"ve got something to help people seem cool, they will lap it up really quickly, but that's the side deal. Its not so far away from their intended vision though "helping you connect and share with the people in your life", only in a dark sort of way.
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