Facebook
is like a bank. We have accounts in banks where we keep our most precious
belonging. A bank holds our money and hence is a measure of who we are. If your
bank balance is like the number of hits Tushar Kapoor has given, your face and
personality might resemble him. On the other hand, if it’s like an Aamir khan,
you are never complaining.
Facebook,
I feel has become a bank of our emotions, our good times. You wake up in the
morning and open your facebook account to witness all good things happening o
your friends. Somebody is into a relationship; somebody is globetrotting and
putting happy pictures, parents putting up their kids in funny poses and
equally funny taglines, pictures and status messages signifying achievements.
It’s as you do something good and put it in the bank of facebook for
preservation and an interest.
The
interest is the likes and comments one gets. In psychology, I had once read of
something called the positive stroke. It’s like a unit of ‘good feeling’ that
one gets on recognition or appreciation. More recognition means more positive
stroke. Likes and comments are like a positive stroke. Hence Facebook
makes it possible to get an interest out of a capital you have with you.
Just
like a bank can be looted, your account can be hacked. Losing money from your
bank account and getting your account hacked along with the hacker posting
something on your wall will give you similar feelings of disgust. We sometimes
see strange status messages from well to do people like my good friend
proclaiming that he is gay! Or a beautiful woman writing that she is single and
available! Both of these sound strange and scary.
A good
bank balance is proof of your financial soundness. Regular credit into the
account keeps it healthy. Similarly, a good facebook balance is good for your
emotional soundness. Regular updates about good things which have happened to
you will keep you emotionally healthy. Or you may remember the tinge you
feel after hearing about the savings in your friend's account when your account
is like a desert, thirsty for a flow. You will keep getting the same tinge when
your facebook is full of happy things that are happening to others while your
wall is empty and crying for good news.
Finally
having a good bank balance is no proof of your having a healthy lifestyle. You
may be the richest man in the world but equally sad and lonely at heart. Money
can’t buy you everything, as a common saying goes. So beware of the walls of
some facebook friends. A good wall does not guarantee a happy life. The person
could have the most happening facebook wall but could be the biggest ch***** and
p**** of them all, gate-crashing to places he/she ought not to be. As they say,
sometimes it is the one who makes you laugh the most is the saddest of them
all.
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