Yes of course! Facebook is necessary if you make use of it in the right way.
Few people claim that Facebook is complete waste of time. But I say that it’s necessary to be in Facebook so that you won’t feel insulated. I have made certain newsfeed preferences - settings in my FB account. Those settings allow me to see motivational quotes from WhiteHole, as the first thing when I log into FB, at any time in a day. Thanks to the creator of that page. It has motivational thoughts on almost every topic. I would like my day to be filled with a big bright smile rather than frowning. One way of doing that is reading quotes that add inspiration to my life. This is how I have arranged my newsfeed preferences in Facebook.
- WhiteHole
- Big Think
- Pundit Cafe
- Yahoo News
- Pages according to my other interests
White Hole:
Here is a short motivational story of a bamboo which I read in WhiteHole Page by Gen.
One day, a boy decided to quit. So the creator brought him to the forest. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?” the creator asked the boy. ‘Yes’, the boy answered. The Creator said, “I gave them (both fern and bamboo) water and light. I planted both of them. On the first month, a sprout came from the fern. In the whole year, the fern blanketed the forest’s floor. Whereas nothing came from the bamboo. On the second year, the fern even flourished coloring the whole forest green. Yet nothing happened with the bamboo. On the third year, there’s still nothing from the bamboo. On the fourth year, a tiny sprout of bamboo emerged from the Earth. It was seemingly small and insignificant. By that time, the fern had grown more vibrant. The bamboo showed no significant growth. But I did not quit on the bamboo. Months later, the bamboo rose over 100 feet tall. It had spent years growing its roots beneath. Those roots made it strong, gave it what it needed to survive. Now the bamboo towers the entire forest”. The creator then told the boy, “I did not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you”.
The picture above shows the WhiteHole Page in Facebook. The quotes usually would be motivational with pictorial illustration. The story of the bamboo by Gen gave me a huge impact on life.
Big Think:
Big Think provides me with the technical articles of all choice. I have read about how artificial intelligence works for humans, demonstration of invisibility cloak by Queen Mary University London (I read the article as I was much curious to know if it works the same way as it does in Harry Potter), how a student from Harvard University helped everyone get access to most of the journal publications for free and how did she make her efforts to achieve that etc. Below is the link to the article about invisibility cloak.
Pundit Café:
I have got insights from Pundit Café on how to search google effectively, how to use proper idioms. For example, I was not aware of the idiom “Use your noodles”. From Pundit Café, I learned that “Use your noodles” just mean “Use your Brain”.
Yahoo News:
Yahoo provides me with the different kind of news around the world. I was once used to watching Jimmy Fallon’s show in which he interviews the celebrities. I was rolling on laughing after watching, Peyton Manning and Magic Johnson goes one on one in breaking eggs on their heads, for Jimmy Fallon show. That was the funniest one which I had from Yahoo Newsfeed in Facebook. It was the Egg Russian Roulette game. This game of chance involves eight hard boiled, and four raw eggs. The opponents will take turns to choosing eggs from a carton, and then cracking them against their heads. The first contestant to smash two raw eggs loses the game. FYI, Peyton Manning is the former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League. Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons. The funny video can be found in the link below.
The news that I received in Yahoo Newsfeed today can be found below.
Other random things which I do in Facebook.
One may ask if I won’t be doing anything other than these, with my Facebook. Sure, I do! I have grouped my friends into a private group tab within my profile. When I feel that I have nothing to do with any of the above mentioned things or when I am completely bored, I give a peek into the newsfeed from friends. When it comes to my Facebook, I have all different kind of people sharing different things. If at all I get interested in anything, I read what is being shared. Or else, I ignore. The most important thing I would do is, giving likes to profile pictures of my friends who get few likes. Once a girl who is friends with me in Facebook was feeling bad that she receives less likes in her profile pictures. She said that she would feel good if she can get more likes. So I would give likes to friends who receive less likes and comments in their profile pictures, just to see a smile in their face and hopefully that would make their day too. Occasionally, when I get to view photos shared by my friends, and visit the posts that they have shared, I would just drop my like.
This is how I use my Facebook. All in one account. Using FB in this way, doesn’t make me to feel that I am insulated. When I have important works to do and if I feel that Facebook is going to snatch fair amount of my time, by reading posts, newsfeed etc., I don’t log into Facebook. It is as simple as that. Facebook is not necessarily a bad thing but rather, it depends on how you make use of it.
