Will you do the frandship with me?
A leading news daily reports that the average teenager checks his facebook account every 45 minutes. Social interaction these days is not just limited to your physical being- cyberspace is the new ‘hot spot’ for meetings, chilling or just HANGING OUT! Newspapers are obsolete as twitter is soon to become the news carrier for the yuppies of the global village. Your friend list on fb is your new status symbol- it is no longer necessary to be charming, eloquent or adventurous to win friends – a disembodied, impersonal message through a site is all it takes to do the trick.
In the midst of this tech-cyber evolution of ourselves, we cannot ignore a worldwide phenomenon – the rise of the ‘frandshippers’.
The frandshipper has been popping up on nearly everyone’s’ profile page every now and then, “wanting to do the frandship”. Creeps, weirdos and stalkers have never had it better. Never before was it this easy to track someone down online and memorize their faces and their phone numbers. The stalker has evolved from a heavy-breathing; gasping sound travelling down phone lines to a real live image on facebook/Orkut. Typical cases are accompanied with a Display pic (sunglasses and a badass pose with a rockstar gesticulation at the camera) and a message. Proposals for ‘THE frandship’ are worded discretely and subtly as shown in the examples below
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1) “I want to say u something?”
2) “U shld know, i am not stranger, i am pilot.. so be my frnd!”
3)”its not love at first sight or anything… it is not magic”
4)”….Many girls are wanting me…..!”
5)”Hey babes… do u want to sit at the backside of my bike..?”
The frandshipper has been popping up on nearly everyone’s’ profile page every now and then, “wanting to do the frandship”. Creeps, weirdos and stalkers have never had it better. Never before was it this easy to track someone down online and memorize their faces and their phone numbers. The stalker has evolved from a heavy-breathing; gasping sound travelling down phone lines to a real live image on facebook/Orkut. Typical cases are accompanied with a Display pic (sunglasses and a badass pose with a rockstar gesticulation at the camera) and a message. Proposals for ‘THE frandship’ are worded discretely and subtly as shown in the examples below
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1) “I want to say u something?”
2) “U shld know, i am not stranger, i am pilot.. so be my frnd!”
3)”its not love at first sight or anything… it is not magic”
4)”….Many girls are wanting me…..!”
5)”Hey babes… do u want to sit at the backside of my bike..?”
“Some of them go the whole length and email you as well.” says another keen observer of this phenomenon.
Ignoring requests is the only option we are left with, as avoiding them seems impossible. The worse situation involves people faking their accounts, hiding behind a cyber image of a celeb or a socialite.
It is true that, the world is now shrinking. But more than the world, it’s the frandshippers who need all the ‘shrinking’ there is.
It is true that, the world is now shrinking. But more than the world, it’s the frandshippers who need all the ‘shrinking’ there is.
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