The right side of a fake profile

We all are creatures of the internet generation and we are amongst the early generations of Facebook also. When Facebook entered into our lives, it was a medium of communication and a piece to entertain ourselves but, gradually more and more people join in and made it a great human network. The fact of being “liked” in a virtual world spread like a plague and within a few months people got the crux of Facebook!

 Now Facebook meant different for everybody. Some took it as a part of entertainment, some took it as a platform to share your opinion, some of the users found it as a way to increase your social network and some (which is most of the people) took it as a “temporary escape from reality”. The phenomena of creating fake profiles, consciously and unconsciously occurred. Now creating a fake profile unconsciously means that a profile which has your data, your photograph and even your group of friends, but, how you behave on Facebook differs to what you are in reality. This is a fake profile, but unconsciously. 

Though these profiles didn’t do harm to anyone. They were just living their lives the way they want, but, what made me think is – were they actually, fake? Like for instance, I had a female friend who used to be very shy in class. She was studious and a subtle girl, but if you interact with her on Facebook you will find her being exactly opposite.  But, this is not what she is doing purposely. It came naturally to her. This brings me to a fact that, most of the time what people or rather how people behave on Facebook is exactly “what they are inside” or “what they desire to be”.  Probably my friend always wanted to interact and have big circle of friends but she failed to overcome her shyness and found an escape on Facebook. Facebook or every social networking site is easier to deal with because when you interact with there, you are not afraid of being judged. No society is going to look into your personal inbox and question you. So, for those who failed to have their own “real” space in the real world, found it on Facebook. For them, it was a chance to be with themselves without being judged by anyone around them.

Even Though I am not encouraging to build a fake profile or to behave differently in the real and virtual world, but, what I am trying to convey is that, when you see a person being different on social networking and in the real world, don’t conclude him/her to be fake because probably, he/she just didn’t get a chance to have his/her own space the way you have. 

So, next time when you encounter such issue of personality, go and have a friendly talk to them.