Hi!! I am a Facebook addict. I've been sober for the past 7 years and counting. I don't know from where should I start but I still remember joining FB during my 1st year of M.Tech in Dec. 2010 and that too bçoz my frnds forced me to join. The happiness of leaving orkut in the same year i.e. Feb, 2010 didn't lasted long. After leaving orkut, I realised that I have a lot of free time(Hehehe!! Everybody had this free time before joining orkut but nobody realised it). I still remember refreshing my orkut page every 15sec to see whether anybody has posted any "scrap", changing themes 10 times during the day, meaningless chatting with frnds(actually it was fun), searching for old friends in orkut(facebook can never compete with the search capability of orkut), posting scraps and last but not the least, writing testimonials for frnds(so that I could also get a good testimonial from my frnds :P).
But Facebook changed everything. From my natural behavior to my lifestyle, FB affected everything. On the 1st day of joining FB, I added 100 frnds and then like Arithmetic Progression, I had 300 frnds in 3 days. Ohh!! What a feeling it was, seeing everybody's profiles just to see what is everybody doing in their life(whether they are doing better than me or not). And then the process started of :
- writing useless statuses(watching like a hawk every second that how many likes and comments have came) and thinking "abey koi to like kardo, itna achha status likha hai". After some likes, u'll start feeling good(Why, bcoz your existence has been recognized by certain number of people on earth). Now the greed increases, "abey koi to comment kardo, itna achha status likha hai". After some positive comments, u'll again feel good about yourself. If any negative comments are there, then its like "saale negative likhta hai, tujhe abhi unfriend karta hun, tere no. of friends ka count kam karta hun, hehehehe!!!". Achha!! one thing you also must have noticed, the 1st status of the day will get many likes and comments and the likes and comments on subsequent statuses decreases in Geometric Progression(abey dhakkan!!! to pure din kya mere hi status ko like, comment karte rahenge kya). Example of one of my status:
"Brushing my teeth" and the comments were:
1. to karle manjan, hume kyun bata rha hai!!
my reply: tu bhi jaake karle, kutte!!
2. saale rehne de, tu daatun se saaf karta hai apne daant, sabko pta hai.
my reply: tu jaise bada vicco se brush karta hai, kaminey!!
3. koi fayda nai, daant to tere peele hi rehne hai.
my reply: tu mil saale, tere daant laal karta hun aaj!!!
And one thing I noticed when girls posted these kind of status, the likes and comments are exponential. Comments are:
1. aww!!
2. aww!!
3. aww!!
4. nice yaar!! kaunsa toothpaste use kar rhi hai??
- sharing photos. Now there are 2 types of photos I use to share. 1st, my own photos(which should be shared privately) and 2nd the photos having jokes or some useful information (which can be shared publicly). Same process starts with the photos "abey koi to like or comment kardo, itni achhi photo daali hai". Now, the trend became that anywhere I go, I had to have my photos posted on FB. So I posted a photo of me travelling in a bus and the comments were:
1. kahan marne ja rha hai kutte!!!
my reply: teri baarat mein naachne ja rha hun, kaminey!!
2. saale bus chal bhi pa rhi hai mote tere vajan ke kaaran.
my reply: tu aake dhakka laga de harami!!!
ek frnd ne to hadd hi kar di
3. arey yeh saala terrorist hai. iska bag check karwao. AK-47 or bombs milenge.
my reply: saale tu mil!! tere sar pe bomb fodunga.
And if a girl shares her photo when travelling in a bus then comments are:
1. aww!!
2. aww!!
3. aww!!
4. kahin ja rhi hai kya tu??
- liking the posts(I like the posts of others so that others would like my post).
- writing comments on each and every post(such a time waste)
- sharing videos. OMG!!! Just don't let me start on the videos. I still remember those videos. Laughing babies videos, crying babies videos, cat videos, prank videos, dance videos, sports videos, short films videos, ads videos, movie trailer videos etc. The most popularly shared were awkward videos like a man falling from cycle after getting hit by a motorcycle, a reporter live on news saying something abusive or something wrong, IPL fans talking on phone saying gaali to other person etc.
I also joined many pages. Those pages has all kind of funny photos and videos. The names of the pages were also very funny like "Bhukh lagi hai yaar", "ghanta 2 minute mein maggi banti hai", "2 din se kch nai khaya hai yaar" etc. etc. I like those joke photos of herp, derp, herpina, derpina. And the photos in which movie scenes or cricket scenes were being clubbed together having weird and awkward reactions of actors with their own funny dialogues. And last but not the least the gags of "guddu and gang".
So, I used to share most of the posts. I used to share 25 posts in just 5 mins time. And my memory and eyes were so much in sync that I could browse and scroll through the videos and photos so fast to find out that whether I have shared them earlier or not. This was affecting my studies very much bcoz instead of remembering C syntax, java libraries, TCP/IP model, operating system concepts etc. etc., I was remembering which post I had shared earlier and how many likes have came on it and how many comments are posted on it. Once my posts were posted on FB, people were unable to see other people's posts. So, the people around me were divided into 2 groups. Those who liked my posts and those who did not. So, the people who were not happy, I started putting them in the category in facebook settings "Dont show my posts to these people". Night and day, I used to do facebook. I was not concentrating on my studies. I stopped meeting with my frnds. Every communication was just online chatting or through FB posts. I was abusing my FB account and irritating many of my frnds, seniors and juniors in college. I was being scolded for doing FB the whole day. My life was just in front of my laptop, every emotion whether anger, sadness, happiness, jealousy, crying, laughing etc. started coming from the statuses, likes, comments, photos and videos posted on FB. Now, I don't need any physical communication with people to feel all the emotions which makes us human. I was living in a virtual world.
But then one day, by mistake, I clicked on a virus link and it started sending spam messages to my frnds on FB. So, people started abusing me openly and socially on FB. I was shocked after seeing my frnds reactions. Bcoz these were the same frnds who enjoyed and liked my posts and I thought that they liked me also. But, No!!. It was an enlightenment for me. The virtual world is same as real world. People will like you till you are making them happy. But, if you cause them any harm in an unintentional way and even if you apologize to them, they'll not listen to you and make you the culprit.(This doesn't include all of my FB friends).
So, that's when I decided to quit facebook and now I'm sober for the past 7 years.
But Facebook changed everything. From my natural behavior to my lifestyle, FB affected everything. On the 1st day of joining FB, I added 100 frnds and then like Arithmetic Progression, I had 300 frnds in 3 days. Ohh!! What a feeling it was, seeing everybody's profiles just to see what is everybody doing in their life(whether they are doing better than me or not). And then the process started of :
- writing useless statuses(watching like a hawk every second that how many likes and comments have came) and thinking "abey koi to like kardo, itna achha status likha hai". After some likes, u'll start feeling good(Why, bcoz your existence has been recognized by certain number of people on earth). Now the greed increases, "abey koi to comment kardo, itna achha status likha hai". After some positive comments, u'll again feel good about yourself. If any negative comments are there, then its like "saale negative likhta hai, tujhe abhi unfriend karta hun, tere no. of friends ka count kam karta hun, hehehehe!!!". Achha!! one thing you also must have noticed, the 1st status of the day will get many likes and comments and the likes and comments on subsequent statuses decreases in Geometric Progression(abey dhakkan!!! to pure din kya mere hi status ko like, comment karte rahenge kya). Example of one of my status:
"Brushing my teeth" and the comments were:
1. to karle manjan, hume kyun bata rha hai!!
my reply: tu bhi jaake karle, kutte!!
2. saale rehne de, tu daatun se saaf karta hai apne daant, sabko pta hai.
my reply: tu jaise bada vicco se brush karta hai, kaminey!!
3. koi fayda nai, daant to tere peele hi rehne hai.
my reply: tu mil saale, tere daant laal karta hun aaj!!!
And one thing I noticed when girls posted these kind of status, the likes and comments are exponential. Comments are:
1. aww!!
2. aww!!
3. aww!!
4. nice yaar!! kaunsa toothpaste use kar rhi hai??
- sharing photos. Now there are 2 types of photos I use to share. 1st, my own photos(which should be shared privately) and 2nd the photos having jokes or some useful information (which can be shared publicly). Same process starts with the photos "abey koi to like or comment kardo, itni achhi photo daali hai". Now, the trend became that anywhere I go, I had to have my photos posted on FB. So I posted a photo of me travelling in a bus and the comments were:
1. kahan marne ja rha hai kutte!!!
my reply: teri baarat mein naachne ja rha hun, kaminey!!
2. saale bus chal bhi pa rhi hai mote tere vajan ke kaaran.
my reply: tu aake dhakka laga de harami!!!
ek frnd ne to hadd hi kar di
3. arey yeh saala terrorist hai. iska bag check karwao. AK-47 or bombs milenge.
my reply: saale tu mil!! tere sar pe bomb fodunga.
And if a girl shares her photo when travelling in a bus then comments are:
1. aww!!
2. aww!!
3. aww!!
4. kahin ja rhi hai kya tu??
- liking the posts(I like the posts of others so that others would like my post).
- writing comments on each and every post(such a time waste)
- sharing videos. OMG!!! Just don't let me start on the videos. I still remember those videos. Laughing babies videos, crying babies videos, cat videos, prank videos, dance videos, sports videos, short films videos, ads videos, movie trailer videos etc. The most popularly shared were awkward videos like a man falling from cycle after getting hit by a motorcycle, a reporter live on news saying something abusive or something wrong, IPL fans talking on phone saying gaali to other person etc.
I also joined many pages. Those pages has all kind of funny photos and videos. The names of the pages were also very funny like "Bhukh lagi hai yaar", "ghanta 2 minute mein maggi banti hai", "2 din se kch nai khaya hai yaar" etc. etc. I like those joke photos of herp, derp, herpina, derpina. And the photos in which movie scenes or cricket scenes were being clubbed together having weird and awkward reactions of actors with their own funny dialogues. And last but not the least the gags of "guddu and gang".
So, I used to share most of the posts. I used to share 25 posts in just 5 mins time. And my memory and eyes were so much in sync that I could browse and scroll through the videos and photos so fast to find out that whether I have shared them earlier or not. This was affecting my studies very much bcoz instead of remembering C syntax, java libraries, TCP/IP model, operating system concepts etc. etc., I was remembering which post I had shared earlier and how many likes have came on it and how many comments are posted on it. Once my posts were posted on FB, people were unable to see other people's posts. So, the people around me were divided into 2 groups. Those who liked my posts and those who did not. So, the people who were not happy, I started putting them in the category in facebook settings "Dont show my posts to these people". Night and day, I used to do facebook. I was not concentrating on my studies. I stopped meeting with my frnds. Every communication was just online chatting or through FB posts. I was abusing my FB account and irritating many of my frnds, seniors and juniors in college. I was being scolded for doing FB the whole day. My life was just in front of my laptop, every emotion whether anger, sadness, happiness, jealousy, crying, laughing etc. started coming from the statuses, likes, comments, photos and videos posted on FB. Now, I don't need any physical communication with people to feel all the emotions which makes us human. I was living in a virtual world.
But then one day, by mistake, I clicked on a virus link and it started sending spam messages to my frnds on FB. So, people started abusing me openly and socially on FB. I was shocked after seeing my frnds reactions. Bcoz these were the same frnds who enjoyed and liked my posts and I thought that they liked me also. But, No!!. It was an enlightenment for me. The virtual world is same as real world. People will like you till you are making them happy. But, if you cause them any harm in an unintentional way and even if you apologize to them, they'll not listen to you and make you the culprit.(This doesn't include all of my FB friends).
So, that's when I decided to quit facebook and now I'm sober for the past 7 years.
