Facebook mania

My cousin is just 11 year old and he holds a facebook account and an funky email address. I was first shocked to see a request from him. I mean what could such an young kid want to do in face book. I denied his request.Though he doesn't use it, he has ensured me he won't. He better not. My next step if I find him using is to delete his account.

I wonder want the all hype about facebook is. I created the account just last year, to try and understand what the fuss is all about. I used Orkut before, while in college and it was exciting then as it was new to see friends online and to interact on internet. I found facebook core same as Orkut but with many more things happening.The extent facebook is spread is really alarming, how can one have hundreds of friends and I wonder how people feel comfortable to share things with hundreds of friends, few of whom one wouldn't even have interacted outside facebook or even wouldn't remember their faces, not until one sees their photos posted. Sometime I seriously think people just show off in face book, now reading status as 'Had dinner to at so and so place', 'Shopped form this store','on vacation at so and so place',I don't understand why would some one want to share such info with a old and barely in memory school mate who now is in your friends list on facebook. So can say, facebook friends are not real life friends, vice-versa is not true.

But I must agree its is one of most addictive website, might not be for all but for most. Isn't it interesting to know what's happening in others life too, what are they up to in life the only source is facebook as you are sure you wouldn't meet that person in real or wouldn't want to meet. All of us like to peek through someone else life.

Its not just about only friends, families are also in it. While one of my friends was talking to her uncle through phone and when the conversation was about to get over, he mentioned ok then lets catch up at facebook. I was surprised to hear oh, family members also use it for chat. Again started to think why facebook, infact still thinking. I guess most of family are on facebook, but why would someone start to chat amidst everybody, on The Great wall of facebook.

It has influence on common man's life to such as extent that, even if one gets a minute free from work one just jumps into log into facebook and recently read a baby girl named as 'facebook'. Soon there might be city called so or even a country or anything, be prepared. At last I like to mention that I login at least once a day. I guess its common to do so, got to login now. Oh my God, I am having facebook mania too.