Comments on: Confessions of a Social Media Addict

By: Sumit

Sumit — Sun, 12 May 2019 15:59:58 +0000

Each and every word is so true! Social Media has done more bad than good for sure. The online world seems more real than the real world.

True to the core! Loved your narration Purba!

By: Whenlifehappened

Whenlifehappened — Fri, 09 May 2014 12:26:01 +0000

Well well.. Deep breathe… Breathe in breathe out.. take a chill pill ..social media addiction is overrated… online media like any other medium of communication is a derivative of temperaments of people using it… there were always people vocal about their personal lives and emotions, there were always people guarding theirs stringently.. and there were always people trying to find a balance between the urge to over communicate or completely isolate… weren’t there attention seekers or narcissists when there were no online media?? Outrages happened with or without character limitations :)… Taking a sneak peak in someone else’s personal life, finding dirt and deriving sadistic pleasure of it has existed since forever….so net net guess it’s not internet… ;).. its us…our behaviors… probably the world wide web as you said has paced up the communication, has given an immediate vent to expressions and has made reach widespread with a click….technology is the mere facilitator.. behavior is the driver.. so having a properly wired in mind might help to strike a balance… just so we know that getting wired out is voluntary and very much within our controls and we should be able to do it at our discretion.. so sky is not falling..and life is not bleak..too much of anything is not good..ease up and keep a check..Social media is amazing and ain’t we social animals 😉 ;)…… just Sillyt

By: Sandhya Menon

Sandhya Menon — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 19:04:54 +0000

hi Purba.. Now the latest addiction is the mob app whatsapp. every other social media blog has become boring after its advent. Peopl are soo obsessed with it that they might not talk with each other in real life but might whatsapp 24*7! The world ahead looks soo bleak.

By: Mohan Shridhae

Mohan Shridhae — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:04:55 +0000

It’s very true.

By: deepanshi

deepanshi — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:25:03 +0000

its wonderfully expressed…..just love it !…i admit i m one of the internet addicted patient…:)

By: Giridhar Amerla

Giridhar Amerla — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:43:59 +0000

Every word is so perfectly written

By: Kris N

Kris N — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:58:47 +0000

I bet they said the same thing about the telephone when it was invented!

If Sheila is so well appreciated online, and people treat her like bat-shit in real life, she’ll find her peace being an online account. There’s a difference between being an addict, and being good at something.

Most of us are gaining fat in our backsides living ‘real lives’ while Zuckerberg and Karp are making billions being internet-addicted nerds. Guess how many people told them to ‘get a life’ at school!

By: Prasanth

Prasanth — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:49:10 +0000

Nicely written Purba, It reminded me of my own addiction to Internet. Had many a sleepless nights, and dry throats… Infact, I too had, some time back, written a similar article on my addiciton. But frankly, and hats off, it was nowhere near to what you have written.. Brilliant piece..

By: vinay

vinay — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:25:17 +0000

The content you have written is really well directed to me and I could say to those who have been on www for major part of the day….. and the one sentence of photo-shopping our lives could speak about the dearth of the situation…. thanks 4 such an article…. I will definitely save it down and get back to read whenever I felt am being more of one such you have referred to…..

By: Narayani Karthik

Narayani Karthik — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:47:42 +0000

Such a relevant post. Of course, none of us can actually claim that we are not addicted to social networking. In fact, we are not just addicted, we are living in it forgetting there is a world outside too. And it is also a known fact, that we may never get out of this addiction but we definitely can choose to know where and when to restrain. Lovely post, once again……keep writing 🙂

Cheers & God bless…!!