Facebook Personality

Being the day of Vijaydasmi, how can I forget to write a blog. Hopefully writing on this day would encourage me to post more and more blog’s in the coming year. But as I was thinking what to write today, this thing came up on my mind, which I have been observing over the years as a member of the social networking site “Facebook” (FB). I wonder how many of us can live without frequent check on our wall for new updates, photographs and even chat messages. Facebook has literally changed the way with which we communicate with our old and current friends and family. Some of the family member’s whom I have never met, whom I would have never known who they are if not for FB. And some new friend’s who have made so much difference in my life. And as every individual has a personality in this physical world, what kind of person you are in FB is also quite unique and over these years I have observed that almost everyone could fall into one of these categories below. Ofcourse no offence to any of my friend’s or family. All my FB friend’s are beloved to me and life would be quite different if it was not for their status and photo updates J

The Hyper or the overactive, these are the kind of people who want the world to know what they are doing every minute of the day. No matter to which restaurant they check in for lunch and which resort they are travelling  for the weekend. These people thrive on the attention they receive by contantly updating their staus. Be it daily frustrations at work or even a simple argument with spouse, nothing is private in their lives everything is on their wall for the world to see and comment. Though its nice to know what’s up with these friend’s once in while, hour by hour updates can be a lot to handle. Never the less they continue.

The photo updater, this kind of FB user is not going to let you escape from knowing any of their daily doings by their photo updates, be it the food they eat, the dress they wear, even shoes mind you, the flower’s at home, the dirt at the end of the street where they live. Evrything is conveyed through their camera lens right on your wall. Though we love to get photoupdates from our friend’s to know how they have been doing after these year’s, updates on petty happenings can be such a turn off.

Oh how can I forget coochy-cooing love bird’s recently married or engaged, in a relationship kind who just cannot take their hand’s off in updating how they love their partner, how much they miss and the expensive cosy gifts and exotic honeymooning locations. Not exactly the thing to see after you’ve had a rough day at home.

And the ever protective momma’s who just adore’s every single move her baby makes. First cry, first smile is understandable. But first diaper leak, first food spill, first whatever, we’ve just got to get tired in keeping track of their baby’s first’s. We all love babies but watching every single move is not what we would like to be in our wall’s all day.

The forward person, who doesn’t miss a chance to forward  inspirational quotes, videos, messgaes that would credit a cent for each forward, health information half of which are entirely false and baseless, rumour’s that FB is becoming a paid site unless you forward the message and endless request to like a page. These people don’t personally update their status, they just like to share  what their friend’s have posted. Though some of these forward’s are truly intresting, just receiving inspirational quotes all around your wall can be a demotivation of sorts.

Copy cat, these people are a intresting kind, they copy their status messages either directly from someone else’s wall or edit it suitably and paste it. Some of which seems so obvious especially if you know the person personally and know he/she can never really write this kind of thought provoking status even in their wildest dreams.

The tempting cook, when you actually feel rats palying a soccer match in your tummy, these people tempt you with all sort of yummy delicacies cooked, or a restaurant dish they ordered or even stating their dinner plans. Not exactly what you want to know when there is no food at home and you certainly in no mood to cook up a feast of that kind.

The game requester, gosh how many games are available and how many requests does one has to turn down. Honestly I never get amusued by these online games as they are quite addictive and there are so many  other thing’s to do rather than doing virtual farming or fishing. I rather do some gardening or get a real fish tank than accepting the farmville, fishville and whateverville requests.

Every now and then person, these people suddenly become active and update status and post photos and go into hibernation for brief period. These people believe in striking a balnce between what’s personal and appreciate some attention by making some part’s of their life public in facebook.

Silent watcher, these people are the one’s I dislike the most I think. They are their right on your friend’s list, they check everyone else’s status updates and photos but never once will they let other’s know what’s up with them. Some believe evil eyes will prevail on them if they update their happening’s and avoid it. What I would like to say to these kind of FB user’s is why be on a social network site, when you just cant be social enough even for a very occasional update?

The elusive kind, this again is a special type of people who open an account and disappear for some reason. They were there for a moment and the next they are gone. But  will they return? GOK – God only knows

No matter what kind of personality you are on facebook, its definitely a medium which is powerful and has to be used wisely and with caution. An app might say which place you are currently at, but is it necessary for everyone on your wall to know about it, is entirely your decision. Some forward’s contains viruses, which can post that we have viewed some obscene video or read an unwanted article. Photographs uploaded need’s to be carefully protected as to who views them, we certainly don’t want them in wrong hand’s. Too much of anything is not good, same way if we could strike a balance between what we put on our wall and what we want to convey, then everything is fun in this Facebook world.