Popular trends in Facebook among the young generation
Facebook is very important media today in communication and construction of one’s social life and image. It is especially very popular among Gen Y. An integral part of the lifestyle. The generation including school and college students use Facebook in the most diverse way possible. It is an important part of their daily living and lifestyle, lack of which is devastatingly disrupting. In every turn of event Facebook is used by today’s generation for one purpose or the other.
Social EventsIn the event of any social event, be it marriage, birthday party, reunion or just a social gathering, updates in Facebook has become a must. Statistics indicate the about 14, 00,000 photos are uploaded in Facebook daily. Imagine the diversity of it. Recently a user generated a lot of controversy when he posted an update from a funeral with a selfie with the corpse. In the event of hitting the dance floor with friend, or a picnic or outing with friends or family, Facebook is flooded with pictures, selfies, and updates. Without it the drill is incomplete.
GamesThe games on Facebook are the new hot thing in town. With popular games like Candy Crush, Farmville, Criminal Case, Texas HoldEm Poker, etc. the notifications are usually overdue with game requests all the time. The most intriguing part which keeps this trend going is that, they keep updating constantly, Every now and then new games and newer versions keep getting launched so that the user does not get used to it.
Sharing your taste with the world.
With all the different varieties of updates on Facebook and the trends in it, sharing the status of watching a movie or listening to some music is very common. What has been a newer trend is literally about the ‘taste’. Facebook has recently experienced a boom in the number of food photographers. With the trend set by Instagram, Facebook has followed up pretty fast. Eating in a restaurant, or cooking in home, even ordering a pizza nowadays involves posting a photo on Facebook. With people admiring your food and fortune, you become free and liberated enough to eat.
Public is the new Personal.With the evolution of social media, it has adopted the role of a social journal more than a mere medium of communication. Be it your relationship status, or your marriage update or history, even your cuddling and quarrelling with your girlfriend or boyfriend is public nowadays, courtesy to Facebook. The most interesting part is that, the Gen Y has adopted to this lifestyle. Leaving out a few, the current status of relationship or even the birthday of someone can be known and remembered most efficiently via Facebook.
Protest has a new language.
The conventional ideas and limitations of protest programmes is changing fast. What was once considered a taboo, is now a promising tendency. People speaking their minds out, protesting and discussing over various social issues is a common sight in Facebook. With the advent of the so called hashtag activism, the protest getting consolidated over a new paradigm shift is something that the present generation is witnessing. Online petitions to consolidate opinion is also a contribution of social media and propagated and appropriated successfully by Facebook.
Social EventsIn the event of any social event, be it marriage, birthday party, reunion or just a social gathering, updates in Facebook has become a must. Statistics indicate the about 14, 00,000 photos are uploaded in Facebook daily. Imagine the diversity of it. Recently a user generated a lot of controversy when he posted an update from a funeral with a selfie with the corpse. In the event of hitting the dance floor with friend, or a picnic or outing with friends or family, Facebook is flooded with pictures, selfies, and updates. Without it the drill is incomplete.
GamesThe games on Facebook are the new hot thing in town. With popular games like Candy Crush, Farmville, Criminal Case, Texas HoldEm Poker, etc. the notifications are usually overdue with game requests all the time. The most intriguing part which keeps this trend going is that, they keep updating constantly, Every now and then new games and newer versions keep getting launched so that the user does not get used to it.
Sharing your taste with the world.Public is the new Personal.With the evolution of social media, it has adopted the role of a social journal more than a mere medium of communication. Be it your relationship status, or your marriage update or history, even your cuddling and quarrelling with your girlfriend or boyfriend is public nowadays, courtesy to Facebook. The most interesting part is that, the Gen Y has adopted to this lifestyle. Leaving out a few, the current status of relationship or even the birthday of someone can be known and remembered most efficiently via Facebook.
Protest has a new language.
The conventional ideas and limitations of protest programmes is changing fast. What was once considered a taboo, is now a promising tendency. People speaking their minds out, protesting and discussing over various social issues is a common sight in Facebook. With the advent of the so called hashtag activism, the protest getting consolidated over a new paradigm shift is something that the present generation is witnessing. Online petitions to consolidate opinion is also a contribution of social media and propagated and appropriated successfully by Facebook.
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