Even as we resign ourselves to going about our daily tasks, so conscious of making the right impression, so careful and discreet about everything we do, simply because we are just so paranoid about making a "good impression" (who decides what's good is a good question, isn't it?), we suddenly find ourselves hurtling along the information superhighway, on which privacy is something unheard of - where bandying one's conscious thoughts, and even unconscious ones at times!- one for each minute of your waking hours - is the sort of fuel that keeps your vehicle in motion.....what am I talking about? Well, simply the whole obsession with Facebooking and Twittering and what have you! Why has it become so necessary to tell your friends and family - and believe you me, a considerable number of those 300+ friends you may have on Facebook, might not even be your "friends" in any sense of the term.....they inhabit a virtual world which is quite astronomically more dangerous than the real one we inhabit - for one simple reason.....in this Virtual World you don't know who your friends are or by the same token, who your enemies are, either!
Today it was interesting to read the Gulf News about His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and Vice President of the UAE turning 60, and his Facebook page being deluged with complimentary messages! What was even more interesting perhaps was a research piece carried by online newsletter Matoob research which talked of how popular one world leader was versus the other....all based on the number of Facebook friends they had! What a funny world! Are you on Facebook....and Twitter....Do you Stumble Upon....or Digg....have you a blog? Or you have no life at all....seems to be the new-age mantra!
http://http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Government/10331542.html
http://http://business.maktoob.com/20090000007716/Dubai_ruler_Facebook_star;_Brit_PM_friendless/Article.htm?utm_campaign=Day-Newsletter&utm_medium=Main-News1&utm_source=Day-Newsletter&utm_content
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