Nowadays our young generation is very much addicted to Facebook. With close to a billion users out there, one can easily throw a stone and hit a Facebook user. The amount of time users engage in Facebook activities, like updating statuses, posting photos, commenting and ‘liking’ posts has also been increasing with smartphones and 3G/WiFi networks becoming common in recent years. At a time when many of us are concerned for the privacy issues, it seems strange that still a number of users voluntarily share their deepest secrets on Facebook.
Even when we are out enjoying a drink with a friend, we log in to the Facebook app on our smartphone every now and then. Spending about an hour or so daily looking through our newsfeed and checking out profiles of our friends is still okay, but if it starts going beyond that, it’s an indicator of a problem. Surely, there’s load of content on Facebook like photos, games and other interesting apps, but if we start using increasingly more of our valuable waking hours surfing aimlessly on Facebook, it’s time to re-examine our lifestyle.
MISHAL WAHEED BUTT
Lahore
