Being social

My stomach churned when I saw that picture.
An image of a half dismembered body sandwiched between the wheels of a truck...
blood spewed all over...the face a mutilated mess. I almost threw up.

Some demented soul thought it wise to share it on his fb profile and push the final nail in denying the dead man some dignity. I'm sometimes confronted with imagery so lewd, I dash for that power button, lest someone see it from behind my shoulder. My current fb account has fortunately been spared from stuff like this but another account I created just for my college "friends" has seen it's fair share of garbage.

I came across one yesterday and promptly reported it. The procedure's quite easy and there's no risk of retaliation at all. Helps get scum off Facebook.


SomeDude answered a question about you. click here to find out.
SomeGirl thinks you're cool. Click here to find out.

I hate facebook apps like the plague. Save for a handful of good apps(which I still never use) every application out there violates privacy by either invading my walls, my friend lists or worse asking my friends some pretty embarrassing stuff!!

And don't get me started on *beep*ville requests.
Rules of etiquette apply everywhere. Social media is a big thing now...and it helps to learn a rule or two about interacting online.

Now since this is not a "better living" site... I'll try and list a few things which I think count as etiquette...things I stick to:


- I don't stalk profiles and pounce on them in fb IM everytime they're online.Just like in real life... I speak only when spoken to.

- I wish people on their birthdays.. and no, my upcoming birthday has nothing to do with it.

- and I reply with a thank you when wished. My ego is not so up in the stratosphere to acknowledge wishes with a mere shrug.

- I hate chatting on IM, but when it does come down to chatting... I try to keep it brief. And when I have to leave suddenly I make it a point to ask for permission, write a couple more lines before signing out.

- I don't tag people in images of tiny little hamsters, zoozoos or colors. I don't tag people to get their attention to my images(explains the low comment count btw).

- I don't send friend requests to people who I haven't met personally. Goes without saying, I don't accept friend requests either. Profiles are aplenty of girls looking their cute best and gullible fools fall head over heals sending add requests. They fail to see the little watermark on the girl's profile picture that says goto bollywoodwallpapers.com for more

- how do you keep a good relationship going? You keep in touch. I have about a hundred contacts on my list who never comment, who're never online and worse...never respond to messages.


This is just my two cents on what I think will take a book or two to document.