Hi! I want to be your f.b friend

 
Whenever my mind reminds me of this topic I get a strange feeling."Isn't making people your Fb friend,whom you don't know well personally,strange?"I mean F.b is a place where people connect with those with whom they have talked to and have a good rapo with.But accepting a request from a person whom you once or twice saw in school,college or in office is a bit weired.You don't know anything or very little about that person and you share with him/her the very "you" side of yours-photos,thoughts,feelings etc.A few photos that you basically want to share only with very good friends,on f.b, end up getting shared with those people in your friend list"whom you just once saw".

The lives are moving from private to public.The ideom"my life is an open book" is getting real day by day.I have quite a good amount of friends who practice this.I have asked each one of them this question-'don't you find it uncomfortable?' And the answer I receive is-ITS OK.
I too keep becoming of such friend requests time and again. A person sent me a friend request,who was in common to one of my very good friends.When I asked that friend of mine,just casually, that I have received such person's request,so who is he?My friend took 2 min. to recall who the person is in her list by this name and then replied"oh this,yes,this person was,I guess,in my college and as we had the college in common so I accepted the request so that the person doesn't feel bad but I have never talked to him yaar".I was totally shocked to hear this that I shot back"you don't even know him and you are saying he might feel bad if you reject his request???""Your reply is like as if when you walk on road you say Hello to every one who passes by you so that that person doesn't feel bad".
Though I know and believe that everyone has a right to make his her own decision but what I don't like is people are actually not following themselves,they are following others.I mean its not their heart/mind which is OK with accepting such requests but its the trend that is making them do so.Because their friends and cousins accept such requests so they also think that"its ok".
As we all know its a fast paced life and we don't get to talk/meet/greet our near and dear friends very oftenly so why make unknown friends?Why not keep our"dear"ones "near"?Because just saying "hi-hello" neither makes a person your friend  and nor this friendship defines the true meaning of "friend".Therefore ,such people remain only your F.B FRIENDS ,they never become your FRIENDS.
:)