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Emotions on Social Networking- Worth?

Posted by : on November 17, 2008 – 10:58 am12 Comments

Author: Tara

I was surfing through Orkut today and I came across some communities which say,’I love coffee’, ‘broken heart’, ‘oh God! Please forgive me’. ‘love never dies’, ‘hum-tum’, ‘love is not always easy’, ‘eyes never lie’, ‘last page of my notebook’, ‘I hate to wake up early’, ‘teenage love’, and what not! The list goes on and on and on….What do you think about these communities? You think no one could even join them? Or no one has time to get active on such notes, then here my friend you are wrong. Go to search box of the page and type any feelings that simply comes up in your mind. And hit it. There you are with around 15 communities at least with the same topic. Why? Any answers to this question?? Think!

No?

What does these communities, their member count (which is for sure in thousands) and their post count proves? Does it proves that we are all unemployed chunk of people who don’t have anything else to do ,other then joining community on a social networking site like orkut and display our feelings and discuss them with unknown people, whether we like cold coffee or hot coffee? Or we are so insane that we go on and discuss our personal life publically? Or we are the only one who loves their MOM and DAD? Are we a rare specie in the world who love their country and are fans of Hollywood and Bollywood stars? These are the questions which pops up, to name a few….

Look at the other side….

We were born and brought up in not-so-conservative family but then, we were always busy and involved in one or the other short term goal of our life. Initially it was the school examination which used to come up ,a week later the previous exam’s result. Then something else and then again something else and it continued. In the run, we had so many friends, with whom we laughed, partied and enjoyed a lot. But did we ever realized what we like and what not and our likes and dislikes matter so much to us and to people around us? Did we ever got a chance to meet and discuss so many things with our like minded people and feel tranquil? Whom to go and tell that I shout on my mom but then I really love her and respect her. Whom to tell ,that I love a guy but I am afraid to tell him. How can I go and discuss my secrets with a girl who knows me personally and knows everyone in my family and friends? Will I not fear that all this can become public? But when I am an unknown figure on a social networking site, and discuss all this to someone who don’t even know me ,but is like me, wouldn’t I get a solution?…….again there’s a long list to be thought about..

I leave everything on you to decide……

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  • Hasan

    Hi,
    Nice article. To shed some definitive light on it, as the title asks the reader if emotions are worth sharing on social networking sites; i believe the birth of social networking sites and their success can be directly attributed to 1) Necessity to globalize and connect beyond geographical boundaries, 2) Changing waves of human interaction in a real society, either deteriorating communication level or changing communication level in a society.

    I believe everything that is on social networking sites is worth it. But we should keep in mind that we should try to understand that if social networking sites make people talk so much, why; in real life dont we find so much of open interaction. And we should use such sites and groups as personal inspiration to change ourselves and be more open in real life.

    If we do not TRY to interconnect and apply it in real life, then nothing ever is worth.

    thank you
    -Hasan Mithiborwala

  • Hasan

    Hi,
    Nice article. To shed some definitive light on it, as the title asks the reader if emotions are worth sharing on social networking sites; i believe the birth of social networking sites and their success can be directly attributed to 1) Necessity to globalize and connect beyond geographical boundaries, 2) Changing waves of human interaction in a real society, either deteriorating communication level or changing communication level in a society.

    I believe everything that is on social networking sites is worth it. But we should keep in mind that we should try to understand that if social networking sites make people talk so much, why; in real life dont we find so much of open interaction. And we should use such sites and groups as personal inspiration to change ourselves and be more open in real life.

    If we do not TRY to interconnect and apply it in real life, then nothing ever is worth.

    thank you
    -Hasan Mithiborwala

  • zazo

    Nice post Tara,
    I agree to Hasan too, But I also believe that most of the people who use social networking as a only medium to connect socially with people all over the world not always try to show their real side but in some exceptional cases I came across, are people who have not a very successful social life in real world make a pretty good on a virtual world.
    Showing up the emotional side is worth or not can be a good topic for a debate, I think emotions are something which follows every human being everywhere he or she goes, either in real or virtual life.

  • zazo

    Nice post Tara,
    I agree to Hasan too, But I also believe that most of the people who use social networking as a only medium to connect socially with people all over the world not always try to show their real side but in some exceptional cases I came across, are people who have not a very successful social life in real world make a pretty good on a virtual world.
    Showing up the emotional side is worth or not can be a good topic for a debate, I think emotions are something which follows every human being everywhere he or she goes, either in real or virtual life.

  • http://www.orkutheroes.com/ Tara

    @Hasan,
    Thanks Hasan. You gave us a new hypothesis about social networking’s worth and that’s my aim of writing this article. I want people to think over it and come over to a conclusion as you did, to make it worth, if it is not.Thanks for sharing it with us.

    @Zazo,
    Thanks for the appreciation zazo, your comment also adds to my collection of people’s thinking over “emotions on social networking-worth?”

  • http://www.orkutheroes.com Tara

    @Hasan,
    Thanks Hasan. You gave us a new hypothesis about social networking’s worth and that’s my aim of writing this article. I want people to think over it and come over to a conclusion as you did, to make it worth, if it is not.Thanks for sharing it with us.

    @Zazo,
    Thanks for the appreciation zazo, your comment also adds to my collection of people’s thinking over “emotions on social networking-worth?”

  • Gaurav Doshi

    @Tara ,
    very well said ..

  • Gaurav Doshi

    @Tara ,
    very well said ..

  • http://hasan.co.nr/ °o.O[HaSaN]O.o°™

    Very well said Tara!
    But The second side i.e. socializing, it’s the main aim of a social networking site! Isn’t it?
    But I would rate this post 10/10!

  • http://hasan.co.nr °o.O[HaSaN]O.o°™

    Very well said Tara!
    But The second side i.e. socializing, it’s the main aim of a social networking site! Isn’t it?
    But I would rate this post 10/10!

  • http://www.orkutheroes.com/ Tara

    @ Gaurav,
    Thanks for the appreciation Gaurav.

    @°o.O[HaSaN]O.o°™,
    You are right, but I tried and portrayed both the sides and left it on you to decide what is worth. Well I am glad you liked it and gave me 10/10 :)

  • http://www.orkutheroes.com Tara

    @ Gaurav,
    Thanks for the appreciation Gaurav.

    @°o.O[HaSaN]O.o°™,
    You are right, but I tried and portrayed both the sides and left it on you to decide what is worth. Well I am glad you liked it and gave me 10/10 :)