Observation Obsession: the latest one being Facebook status... we can well analyse the fb quotient (read- personalities) of people just by browsing through their status message...
Incidentally this post is a by-product of my new FB status message. Going forward is a spectacle of how insightful FB can be on people. These are some stereotypes that I find every now and then...
1. Atypically ‘philosophical' types’
People who look for intellectual recognition... totally filmi... the funny thing is, they get the most number of hits in the comment box. Thanks to the ‘make-my-presence-felt’ types. Usually the fb status is more than two sentences long, you have to read it more than once to comprehend the meaning. Plagiarism synonymous... Originality is as extinct as life on Mars...
2. The ‘what i am doing right now types’
Huhh!!! Wannabes... You might see a new status message every time you refresh the page... from scratching the head, till the discovery of lice... every second update is the mantra... Normally want to fit the whole story of whatever-happened-to-them and hence you see bouts of compromised articulation... Comes handy especially when you have low self-esteem. Just read their status and thank God for not making you one. Commenting on their status is like feeding your esteem barrel... You can pull a pun on them without even making them realize your intent and have the last or rather lasting laugh...
3. The ‘make my presence felt types’
People who just wanna comment for the heck of it... u might see them every hour, unless you use a filter... The poise to make-thy-presence-felt overpowers their judgement of what will sound cool. Normally are on the lookout of a potential status, suitable enough to their hackneyed sensibilities or else how can one avoid sounding obnoxious. Finding a new comments each time you refresh the FB page is highly probable, just like US of A’s next war on terror...
4. The ‘opinion leaders’
People who have the right words for wannabes and philosophical types , usually found in the comment box... the best kind... who have the right mix of humor, timing and articulation. You know them when you read them and you’ll always have a sense of respect. I reckon Abhijit Bhatt & Richa Singhal belongs to this class. Incidentally their status message are always lauded by the same kind, indeed you need wisdom and sanity to decipher and react to whats written. Creative and original...
The reason I gave names in the latter is obvious. You might find yourself in any of these, however this is not the end of the list. You may have your own classification, but one things sure, we all have gone through all of these stages, depending on the level of experience one has on FB... Just as in journalism people want a bite of things happening in the big bad world out there, I log on to escape in this wilderness...
Its creatively satisfying to pull a pun and opine... very humbling to act like a wannabe... earn a food for thought by being philosophical... and very liberating to irritate others by making-thy-presence-felt...
By the way let me quickly see what’s your STATUS ? ? ?
