Chumi Lakshmi

At first it was Friendster, and then I vaguely remember Orkut, but fortunately it didn’t live too long. And then came Facebook, which eventually killed Friendster.  So, everyone was happy with Facebook when it first began. it kindda seemed to do a lot of things which accommodated it’s millions of clients. But we are never satisfied with what we have are we? Both us as users and them, the money makers.  Once we had Facebook, somebody thought it would be a great idea to have Instagram, to upload photos. We can already do that on Facebook! so why do you need Instagram??!  Well, Instagram isn’t a problem at all. In fact it brought about the birth of many professional Instagramers who uploaded professional pictures of scenery and advertising which was quite interesting and educational. There were also those who were uploading #ootd, #randoms, #dirtymirrordontcare #etc #rubbishthatnoonewantstosee (guilty as charged *shifty eyes).  what is it with these ...

So, i have this love hate relationship with FB. And it’s been going on and on for years now, that it’s becoming annoying.  Why love?  Cos my friends live in it!! You know, like my friends live in my computer or phone, my friends live in FB too. Every so often i see their updates with pictures and status msg. I can like it or comment on it and it feels good to know that i’m part of their lives and that I’m up to date with what is happening.  Cos I get to update things about my live and my friends get updated about me this way. (yea rite! as if i take any effort to actually update my Facebook page) Why hate?  Cos i’m a stalker in FB. Not only do I see my friend’s updates, I also see friend’s friend’s friend’s friend’s updates. It went to  the point where i wanted to send one such ‘friend’ a friend’s request so that I can stalk him more and look at his pics, and hopefully learn something from his techniques and style. Also cos they have really ‘int...