Barbara had been diagnosed as depressive and was under treatment for the condition for several years before she discovered that she was bipolar. She signed up on a networking website and rigorously monitored her moods through charts on her profile page. It was here that she noticed how frequently her mood fluctuations went from being… Continue reading In sickness and in health
Category: – Social Networking
Facebook and all the rest of it
Trying to remember…
– how many letters did we write in a day, a month, a year before we found email? – what was lingua franca for youngsters before SMSese? – how did people manage to make franship before social networking became all the rage? – when did we ever say ‘I wish I had 24-hour news channels’?… Continue reading Trying to remember…
The age of unfriending
The un- words always sounded a little – what shall I say – desperate, to me. What is it about Un- (+verb) when dis- or de- will do just as well, or better? Like unlearn – what is unlearn? Or UnWork, or UnConference? And don’t even mention UnLike, the way facebook wants us to use… Continue reading The age of unfriending
It’s all about loving your status…
… as Karan Johar would say. Turns out there is more to the whole status thingy on facebook than meets the eye. Even a year ago, people were wondering why anyone would be interested in reading blow by blow updates on one’s life in twitter. And now facebook has done a twitter. And what is… Continue reading It’s all about loving your status…
What does facebook do for you?
Yes, another facebook post. And you thought everything that had to said about facebook was said and done, right? So I ignored the bit about the Italian mafia fan group on facebook – okay, so I did not ignore it completely, I linked to it and moved on. I even refrained from saying anything about… Continue reading What does facebook do for you?
Fibromyalgia support group
My status message across places on the internet reads – cross between a zombie and a junkie. and that is how I have been feeling these last couple of weeks, especially the last few days. Just up after two days of forced bed rest – which happened only because the husband worked from home to… Continue reading Fibromyalgia support group
Make franshp if asl is right
Here is continuing right from where Sagnik left off in A friend when not in need…. Those samaritans who throng social (and business!) networking sites looking to “make friendship”. And then there are those who want 2 make franship. Or frndshp (depending on whether or not he is a txt msg addct) wid u. So… Continue reading Make franshp if asl is right
Is Sulekha really spamming?
So here is the thing that has been puzzling me (for the last five minutes, to be honest) – a portal called Sulekha has been sending emails to a lot of bloggers – whom they have decided are popular – asking if they would like their blog posts to be parallelly posted on Sulekha. Sure,… Continue reading Is Sulekha really spamming?