Facebook ‘atrocities’ committed by Indians!

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As Indians we enjoy a distinctive rapport on Facebook, which sets us apart from any other country in the world. Not only have we made for the second largest user base in the world, but we have a typical flavour that no other species in the world can pull off.

1. Facebook to us is a photo album of a lifetime

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Image © iStock.com/Natalypaint

We use Facebook to share pictures, photos, selfies and DPs. Ummm… yes, that should be all. All our picture albums are nowhere else anymore but on Facebook. Hence, Facebook, essentially, is our big personal photo album, which is, quite ironically, public. So, is Facebook any different from Instagram or Picasa? Well, while Facebook is FACEBOOK, Instagram is an icon on our smartphone, which we hardly even click. On this note, it will be interesting to quote a news piece that declared that Indians are no. 2 on Facebook. Can you imagine what the number of photo albums on Facebook would be that belongs to us?

2. Candy Crush Saga is our national Facebook game

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Image source: play.google.com

It’s a saga of some candy, which keeps us occupied almost all the time at work. It never matters if someone does not play it, but we being the courteous Indians, make sure to invite them relentlessly.

3. Liking our own posts is our way to hi-five to self

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Image source: themarysue.com

No, we are not narcissist, but just cannot resist clicking on the Like button. Sometimes, we even hit the comments and put smileys before anyone has posted anything.

4.  We must like and share picture that says, “hit share in 10 secs if you believe in God”

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Image source: parabuenosaires.com

Since we can never ignore the gods, we easily fall prey to religious spam. We share it and then the friends who see it, share it further, and so on… All we need is a mention of a god, which we will never let go, as nobody wants to be cursed and have a bad luck for the next 7 years. We create and share memes.

5. We mostly talk with smileys and big stickers

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Image source: mymacintoshandme.com

On Facebook, most of our communication is via pictures, Likes, Shares, smileys and the big funny stickers. This way, we never feel that we lack or even need a vocabulary. Who needs words! All you need is clicking to be able to communicate. Maybe that’s the reason that nobody is enrolling in English speaking classes anymore. Not being able to speak English was a taboo, but thanks to Facebook that made it totally insignificant.

6. We phone Facebook

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Image © iStock.com/MicroWorks

Not because it’s handier, but not all are computer educated. Some of us would be boggled if asked to open Facebook on a computer. They’ll look for a desktop icon, but if it’s not there, it will never occur to them that they can use a browser.

7. We go nuts with Santa Banta jokes

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Image source: facebook.com

Most of the Indian humour on Facebook follows the league of Santa Banta. It’s graphics with desi-punch and you go, ROFL!

8. We treat celebrities on Facebook as our chuddy-buddies

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Image source: tech2.in.com

Posts by verified celebrity accounts will have comments that can entertain you on a different level. You must check out a few examples:

On Priyanka Chopra’s post: “i am sorry for my bad words. becoz i was drunken so much at that time. but i luv u.”

On Amitabh Bacchan’s Post: “Sir Piddly ka Arth kya hota hai?weise yah gana aapane bahut hi aacbchha gaya hai.yah gana ab super Hit ho chuki hai! Hame abhi bhi yaad hai.jab aapane Mr. Natwarlal me pahali bar gana gaya tha!”

On Salman Khan’s Post: “kya bhai machi pakkad rahe. mili nai?”

9.Indo-Pak exchange of dialogues

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Image source: facebook.com

This is an unrivalled favourite topic of both the nations. How Facebook could be spared. You’ll see a baffling mix of curiosity, fondness, rivalry, love and hatred between the nemeses. It’s yet another common pastime among Indians on Facebook.

10. Campaigns against social atrocities

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Image source: facebook.com

We unite like magnets, when it comes to protesting or opining against any unfortunate incident, atrocities and injustice. Whether it’s about changing our DPs to a candle or posting paragraphs and paragraphs of our boiling emotion. We do make a difference on Facebook.

In the end, it will be just more interesting to quote some stats extracted by http://www.socialbakers.com/, which shows that Yo Yo! Honey Singh leads the Facebook fan following with 27,729,252 total fans and the Prime Minister, Modi trailing just closely behind him at the second spot. Aren’t we simply wondrous on Facebook?