Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg,the Harvard University boy turned billions to a book!

Facebook
Wonderful,intangible
Infinite virtual scroll
Enjoys attributes:Factbook,Fakebook...
Superbook!

Reviews

[Call_Me_Miss_Imperfect]

Zainul, this is a nice short and sweet poem down to the point about a popular social website. Facebook has so many positive and negative advantages to it! Positive effects is that you can reconnect with family and friends. Check in and see what everyone is up to. Negative is that you find so much drama and news that you wish you would've heard maybe over the phone. (Ex: My mother scrolled down on her phone with Facebook and saw her stepmother's status about my mom's dad's health. That he was in the Emergency Room. We all wondered why couldn't she be more civil and give a call?) Anyway, I'm glad that you see most positive things about Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, indeed was an intelligent young man to accomplish something so huge that's now popular to all age groups! :) Great job.

Ashley Rivers--Dream BIG and you'll win BIG ;)

[zainul]

Ashley,I welcome your lovely visit to my place.Your sweet smile and wonderful review inspired me to write more poems that may charm you.
I feel very happy that you have liked the piece on facebook which is a craze of present time.
You have correctly pointed out that Facebook has so many positive and negative aspects.We have to utilize the good aspects and discard the bad ones.
As influenced by positive young individuals like you I feel proud to see the most positive things about Facebook.
Thanks for asking me to Dream BIG .
I have started to Dream BIG now.
I will also invite you to Dream BIG.
Cheers!

[Call_Me_Miss_Imperfect]

You're very welcome, Zainul! Anytime, anytime. And thank you very much. I sure will. :)

[Frieda P]

haha, I abhor Facebook, yet I have an account, it's so intrusive yet keeps us connected when warranted. Nice little write.

[zainul]

Frieda,thanks for the honest statement.
You have the right to choose between good and bad.
read moreFrieda,thanks for the honest statement.
You have the right to choose between good and bad.
Sometimes,there remains only one option to choose.
Perhaps,Facebook is the only option you can choose on some occasions.
Thanks for your contribution.

[D]

I am awed by the body of correspondence... Quite an interesting debate sir. I loved the feel of the poem on a virtual medium that means so many things to so many people. Very subjective. To each their own. It has played an important role in shaping my destiny ...for better or worse...I am yet to figure... You are a very thinking man...My compliments!

[zainul]

I am also awed by the body of correspondence.
I could not imagine that a virtual medium means so many things to so many people.
It is really a great revelation that it has played an important role in shaping your destiny.
Thanks for the wonderful review and generous compliments.

[ms. barrie]

what a lively little poem, i enjoyed the word play you created here:

Wonderful,intangible
Infinite virtual scroll

...very unique, choice of words as well as the concept. Thanks for sharing, hope all is well :)

[zainul]

Thank you Barrie for stopping by.
You have chosen the most vital words of the little piece.read moreThank you Barrie for stopping by.
You have chosen the most vital words of the little piece.
I am very happy to be inspired by your wonderful words :)
Best wishes,
Zainul

[ms. barrie]

You're quite welcome and your words inspire me as well...Namaste :)

[zainul]

I always enjoy your nice words,lovely poetess :)
Cheers!

[ms. barrie]

as i enjoy yours as well, Dear Poet, Cheers (raises coffee cup) :)

[zainul]

:)

[PP]

Now Zainul, Facebook is something so close to my heart!!!! It is my extended self. I've had so many good / bad experiences with it but I just can't stop using it. It is my second home when I am not mentally with my earthly immediate surroundings.

But, I would like to debate with you with on the point that Facebook is intangible! I have seen people finding partners through this platform. I have also experienced people breaking relationships because of Facebook's revelations. Then again I have seen marriages happening from initial meet up on this Book!! I have seen people cry, agitate, laugh, create revolutions and even getting arrested because of their involvement on Facebook.

Well all this because we are still social animals and no man is an island!! Facebook is far more than intangible..

You blow my mind with every write of yours Zainul!! Well done:)

[zainul]

Thank you Prathama for the wonderful contribution.
Your contribution is pretty elaborate and which may help the general readers understand what is facebook in real sense.
I totally agree with your lucid description on many aspects,dimensions,merits and demerits of facebook.Just half an hour ago I met a person who told that he could find his friend after 34 years through facebook.This person lives in Bangladesh while his friend has migrated to Canada long ago and is settled there.
I welcome your nice view on intangible.I honor your views as already mentioned.Here my use of the word,'intangible' is used in positive sense.
You can read the following text taken from google search at:https://www.google.com/search?q=intangible&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&source=hp&channel=np
in·tan·gi·ble/inˈtanjəbəl/
Adjective:
Unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence: "cyberspace or anything else so intangible".
I hope this stand of mine will release the cause of debate and allow us to smile in relaxed mood.
Thank you again for the precious contribution in the deliberations of knowledge.

[PP]

Hi Zainul, thank you for so many kind words again!! I admire your interpretation of the intangibility aspect of Facebook..totally with you now and so very thoughtful of you. Guess we can amalgamate our thoughts and we can offer a whole new dimension to the word 'intangibility' with regards to Facebook.

One way of looking at the intangibility aspect of Facebook can be attributed to the virtuality of its remarkably massive social space. If facebook is like God in way (guess I am exaggerting). Everyone is connected through it, gets involved, engage, believe, share, feel and etc etc but still feel God itself if intangible. In a way see it, feel it, think about it so on and so forth but cannot touch it. Guess its not just Facebook but the whole world wide web.

But in another way intangibility of Facbook can be explained using the theory of virtual relaity. Its kind of reinforcing the idea of augmented reality in someway. Our inovlvement in social networks name it Facebook or our very own Writer's Cafe intensly affect our lives. They become our extended selves. We tend to create our own little virtual spaces where we control how we share information with others in a very controled envoroment. Its not intangible anymore, because we kind of regulate it, control it and use it in a way that helps us portray a set image of ourselves.

I can probably go on and go about Facebook, Social Media and smiliar things for pages and pages!! Its all your fault now Zainul for posting such a thought provoking write up on Facebook..(Only joking). Thank you for it Zainul. Makes me actually think how incredible social networking is; here we are sharing intellect, engaged in a conversation in the form of packets of data that is being instantly transmitted via what not intangible satellite signals via a network of like minded people .

I will look forward to your thoughts to extend upon this thread!

[PP]

Hi Zainul, thank you for so many kind words again!! I admire your interpretation of the intangibility aspect of Facebook..totally with you now and so very thoughtful of you. Guess we can amalgamate our thoughts and we can offer a whole new dimension to the word 'intangibility' with regards to Facebook.

One way of looking at the intangibility aspect of Facebook can be attributed to the virtuality of its remarkably massive social space. If facebook is like God in way (guess I am exaggerting). Everyone is connected through it, gets involved, engage, believe, share, feel and etc etc but still feel God itself if intangible. In a way see it, feel it, think about it so on and so forth but cannot touch it. Guess its not just Facebook but the whole world wide web.

But in another way intangibility of Facbook can be explained using the theory of virtual relaity. Its kind of reinforcing the idea of augmented reality in someway. Our inovlvement in social networks name it Facebook or our very own Writer's Cafe intensly affect our lives. They become our extended selves. We tend to create our own little virtual spaces where we control how we share information with others in a very controled envoroment. Its not intangible anymore, because we kind of regulate it, control it and use it in a way that helps us portray a set image of ourselves.

I can probably go on and go about Facebook, Social Media and smiliar things for pages and pages!! Its all your fault now Zainul for posting such a thought provoking write up on Facebook..(Only joking). Thank you for it Zainul. Makes me actually think how incredible social networking is; here we are sharing intellect, engaged in a conversation in the form of packets of data that is being instantly transmitted via what not intangible satellite signals via a network of like minded people .

I will look forward to your thoughts to extend upon this thread!

Sorry Zainul, did not realize that you've actually featured this review!! What an honor, I respect you Sir for this one. But as I said I could go on for pages and pages, here is something that I found. A little extract from one of my University essays that I wrote on 'My consumption of Facebook and a Blog'. It is very academic with hell lot of references, just ignore them!! But I can not help myself from posting it here..Hope you will enjoy it..:)

[PP]

Here you go....

“What a person buys can be influenced by the image that the consumer has of him or her” (Sirgy, 1982). Hence, as I consider myself sociable and philanthropic, I used Facebook to demonstrate the self image to myself and others (Belk, 1988; Wallendorf & Arnold, 1988.) My usage of Facebook is the result of Self Image Congruity. (Sirgy, 1982; Sirgy et al, 1997). Facebook is the Extended Self (Belk, 1988) of my extremely extrovert, friendly and sociable personality. My usage of Facebook by and large reflects my identity. (Belk, 1988). The trait of Symbolic Interactionism (Mead, 1934) makes it important for me to maintain my relational dynamics with large groups of people. Whenever I use what’s in your mind application and shout to the whole world what I have been feeling at that moment, more like the looking-glass self (Cooley, 1902) I attempt to bounce back the signals off others trying to project the impression they have of me. (Solomon, 2009.Pg: 203).

Hence, the extensive usage of Facebook is just an attempt to discover the multifaceted self (Evans, et al, p 141) within me. In a private context I project myself the way I perceive myself and the way I would like to see myself. I control my outward expressions to a greater extent in order to understand what others think about me and how I would like others to see me. In a way I have been using Facebook as a Neuro-Linguistic Tool in order to modify my emotions and behavior.

Through Facebook I constantly engage in Self-Disclosure (Derlega et al., 1993) wherein I communicate my personal thoughts to others. But often people are reluctant to divulge personal information about them (Cialdini, 1993; Kelly & McKillop, 1996; Lane & Wegner, 1995) the only exception being, if there is adequate reciprocation. Considering my case, the Blog and Facebook, both display norm of reciprocity as the recipients match the level of intimacy in their disclosure as I do, tempting me to divulge more of personal thoughts and ideas. (Hill & Stull, 1982; Moon, 2000; Shaffer & Tomarelli, 1989).

Self-Disclosure and Relationship development are mutually transformative (Derlega et, al. 1993); therefore, I use Self-Disclosure as a tool of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in the manifestation of Facebook towards relationship development and maintenance. My interaction with people on the Facebook is based on how the level of Self-Disclosure transforms the nature of my relationship with an individual and further the relationship transforms the meaning and consequence of Self-Disclosure. (Berger & Bradac, 1982).

Therefore, my usage of Facebook complies with the justification provided by me earlier of my disparity with Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede. Facebook is the platform where I exercise every attribute of my Individualistic-Collectivist Characteristic. I communicate with numerous people yet I reserve my thoughts and ideas solely to me and control the divulgence of my opinions, thus preserving my Individualistic-Collectivism.

In case of both the Consumer Behavior Blog as well as the Facebook, it was not the situation of Consumer Hyperchoice (Mick, Susan & Haidt, 2005) in my decision making. As a decision maker my rational perspective incorporated economies of information and aspiration approach to decide on the usage of the Blog and Facebook. My consumption was based on utilitarian assumptions (Simonson, Huber & Payne, 1988) to fit in to my needs and worked out as Opportunity recognition (Bruner & Pomozal, 1988). Through constructive processing I identified my needs and tailored my degree of cognitive efforts (Bettman, 1993) in order to identify channels or possibilities. My decision was directed to many alternatives based upon my specific needs which again through the process of mental accounting (Belsky, 1995; Thaler & Johnson, 1990), that is by weighing gains and loses out of my course of action in order to identify the appropriate channel of opportunity for need actualization.

The result of my decision making process was satisfaction of my needs and desires. By the consumption of the Blog I gained recognition, uniqueness, realized my potential and gained edge over others. On the other hand, Consumption of Facebook enhanced my interactability and facilitated self-divulgence and self-expression. Above all, the Dad Factor, explained earlier is also a major external determinant in my Decision Making Process.

[zainul]

Hi Prathama,
I did not realize that I threw a stone on a nest of hornet by attempting to write on facebook.Yes,I agree that I was at fault.
I understand I need to learn more about your passion on your GOD LIKE FACEBOOK!
Have you got published your university research on facebook in any journal.
I want to make time to read your full dissertation/thesis.
Please make it available for my perusal.
Best wishes,great philosopher!
Zainul

[PP]

Hi Zainul,
My passion for social media mainly Facebook has shone because of your initial post and our intellectual exchange of ideas:) Run out of words again to thank you for this one.

Well the essay that I wrote was for a 3000 word assignment for Consumer Behavior across Cultures module. It was written in the 1st Semester of my MSc Degree. Never really thought about getting published in any journal. But I'll surely send you my piece of work and love to gather your invaluable opinions. You've been such an inspiration Sir!

[zainul]

We are both fortunate that we met here.
Your wonderful work will be a waste product unless it is published in a recognized journal.
The speed of development in the arena of social media,innovation,technology,marketing,behavior or education is so intense that your findings may lose their utility soon.
But,if you get it published it will be saved from extinction.
Besides,many scholars and practitioners will use the findings.
The most enjoyable of all would be that your name and research title will be used again and again.
Do you intend to miss this golden opportunity?

[PP]

I totally agree with your views on getting work published, in fact few months ago I was considering options for PhD!! But I am not sure how to get 'introspective analysis' format of writings a place in journals. But this is one avenue I would surely like to explore. Thanks for motivating me towards it Zainul.

I have messaged you the entire piece but guess the message facility on Writer's Cafe couldn't accommodate the write-up in full and guess there were some words missing at margin on right. If you still want to read it I can email it to you:)

[zainul]

Thanks for sharing your efforts for getting the paper published.
You are located in one of the best places where you can reach for good journals.
You can contact seniors in your university or you can google for journals of your choice.
You have correctly identified the limitation of WC in sending article.
I have sent my e-mail id.Please send the article through e-mail.
I have sent

[PP]

Done! Will look forward to your response :)

[zainul]

I am handling your ball in my court now.
Let me avail an appropriate time to give it enough concentration.
I am examining a theses at this moment for the final examination of a Masters
student.
Next two days I will attend a workshop of FAO.
I will read it thoroughly after that event.
ok?

[PP]

Absolutely Zainul!!! No deadlines here haha!

[zainul]

You are a very love friend indeed.
Now,you can visit my website and tell me how do you feel about it.
It is here: www.connecttask.com

[PP]

Sure Zainul..:)

[zainul]

Please do visit now.
I am shuttling from WC to there to see who visit there.
There is an indicator which reports me who visited my website.
Just visit and I will tell you the time when you have visited it.

[zainul]

Took about half an hour to read the amazing Prathamabook in LinkedIn.
What a sparkling personalty!

[PP]

Sorry Zainul been busy with much needed errands of the day. Thank you again for your compliments ever so much :) It is such a pleasure to have you as a friend on LinkedIn. Amazing dear Doctor!! Much to my co-incidence we have lots of mutual contacts on LinkedIn. This world is too small you see. Did visit your website, I am amused by your initiative in supporting developmental activities. My respect for you has just grown by many folds!!

[zainul]

Thanks for stopping by again.
Very happy to hear from you about my website.
Yes,we have lots of mutual contacts on LinkedIn.
I have appreciate your observation about the world.
Yes,sometimes the world becomes too small.
But,sometimes even a fragment of world becomes too large to escape.
Perhaps you are aware of the devastating fire that has burned a garments factory in Ashulia, Bangladesh.About 170 individuals died there inside the multistory building of the factory.That building was the exclusive world for those ill-fated individuals who were burned to ashes.
They longed to leave the world from each direction.But flames engulfed them from all corners.They could not get out of their world.It was too large for them!
Sorry,Prathama I am feeling very bad since the disaster took place here.
I find no words to pacify my bleeding heart.
Thanks for sharing,dear friend.

[PP]

Hi Zainul, I am deeply moved by the incident and I can imagine what a painful atmosphere this might have created. What amazes me is that countries like India and Bangladesh manufacture several goods for the Western World under minimal working conditions. When here even the minutest of things have to comply to Health & Safety regulations, even though the proximity of such a nerve racking incident happening is very rare, nothing goes towards improving working conditions of our people out there. Fire being one of the most engulfing hazard.

My hometown is in the state of Orissa (Near Calcutta but a different state all together) guess you might know. To be more precise with you it is in Baripada. I grew up there as a kid and my worst memories of fire dates back to 3 major incidents I've experienced. One being a congregation of religious followers burnt alive about 500 of them. The second being burning alive the Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons (Philip and Tim) who were my childhood friends. This was the case of violent killing due to religious intolerance. And the 3rd one being me having experienced it myself when our house caught fire while we were sleeping one night while it was half way through construction.

Whenever it comes to any fire related incident even when I hear about it, brings in great fear in my mind. I believe we should have better Fire Safety regulations in our countries. Aftermath of such incidents leave everlasting scars.

Hope things get better around there soon.

[zainul]

Thank you Prathama for the painful information about fire that you experienced.I can realize how passionate are you about fire since you lost very beloved Friends and dear ones.
I regret the existing safety arrangements of India and Bangladesh.
The greedy employers subject the lives of poor working people for their
treasure.It is simply so disturbing to think even.When there will be any
salvation from such anarchy.
Let's pray for the peace of the souls of the peoples who were burnt to ashes.

[PP]

True it annoys me to see how much profit these companies make especially the clothing industry at the cost of other people's lives / comforts and safety. May their souls rest in peace.

[zainul]

Hi Prathama,I devoted my last night to learn from your wonderful work.
I read the text word by word and was amazed to discover various incarnations of you and different aspects of your life from them.I fully realized how Facebook became TANGIBLE in your life.
I have to study your work more critically to learn about the methods and other dimensions in this month.
I congratulate you for producing such a precious work.I feel blessed to access the work of a talented person with drive and dream.
Best luck,Prathama!

[PP]

I dream a lot Zainul and that is what drives me! You are so perfect in having gained such a precise understanding of my personality via my writing. It was an university assignment and I had never thought that I will get to share it with someone so talented as you to review it.

I am so thankful to you that you made much time to go through it, I appreciate that a lot. Blessed with your presence Zainul. I will definitely look forward to your comments once you've critically analysed it. Good or Bad I am ready to improve & learn with your help:)

[zainul]

I am very pleased to be enriched by an arduous work on personality.
I like to be straight forward to make it known that I am neither an expert on personality nor in psychology.But,taking a layman's view,I can assure that the article was a result of exhaustive study.I feel any expert would appreciate this article.
For getting your article published in a journal,I think you may search journals on social behavior, psychology or marketing and examine the desired formats of their papers.These journals have "Notes for Authors or Contributors" which may be helpful for redesigning the article to tailor it to their needs.
You may also consult your professor,Matthew Robson who recommended you in LikedIn or any teacher of your university about publishing the article.They can advise you on publishing the nice article in the suitable journal.
Hope you will start consulting with them soon and get it published before it becomes too old.
I am confident,you are always ready to take challenge and be the Prathama (the first female) through your devotion :)

[PP]

You know the true meaning of my name now Zainul and this name was given to me my grand dad's elder brother. He must have put much thought the very moment he saw me as a new born! I will surely get this piece published. May be I need to re-write it because the references I've used are fairly old, need to standardize the structure a bit to suit to the journal style of writing. Thank you for being such a strong motivation to me. Much Respect!

[quinfinn]

clever write about a social media necessity and nuisance!

[zainul]

Thank you quinfinn for the admiring review.
I am impressed how concisely you have defined the social media.
You have chosen two words, 'necessity and nuisance' which explains this social media as clear as a crystal.
I adore you for contributing the single sentence which gives a powerful description on facebook.

[zainul]

Thank you for visiting my website.
You visited 47 minutes ago.
Which item you liked best?
Which is worst?

[quinfinn]

sorry friend, i never saw this until today!

[zainul]

I am also very sorry.
Somebody else visited.
I posted this comment inadvertently in your comment box.


However,I invite you to kindly visit my website which is my passion.
I try to put my work and idea there.
It is here:
http://connecttask.com/
Sorry again for the trouble.

[quinfinn]

thank you, poet!

[zainul]

You are most welcome,dear friend :)

[Marie]

Nice poem; shows how much you enjoy facebook. I myself spend only enough time on it to see how the family is doing.

[zainul]

Thank you Marie for being the first person to grace this piece with your nice
review.
You,you have correctly assumed the extent I enjoy facebook.You have also
specifically mentioned how you use this innovation.
Thank you for the precious contribution.