1. Once upon a time, we were friends
with school mates and neighbors
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2. Or the girl next
door
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3. We used to play board
games
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4. Or play
outside
and
dance
in the
rain
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5. We were awed by the simplicity
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of life

6. We were once fascinated by things we could touch, feel
and explore.
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7. But now, time has changed
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8. “57% of
people talk
to people
more
online, than
they do in
real life”-
www.onlineschools.org
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9. “Facebook profiles
are like belly
buttons:
Everybody’s got
one”- Jolie O’Dell,
www.mashable.com
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10. “1 in 13 people on Earth are active Facebook
users.”- www.onlineschools.org
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11. More than 100 million active users
access Facebook through their mobile
devices- Mark Donovan, Comscore
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12. People using Facebook
on mobile devices are
twice as more active
than non-mobile users-
Mark Donovan, Comscore
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13. 48% of 18-34 year olds check Facebook right
when they wake up…-www.onlineschools.org
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14. Creating social networks in a virtual world are now more
important to us than spending physical time with friends
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15. Spectrum of online friendship: whether it’s passive interest
in reading your blogs or having an investment in you by
caring about your success- we are connected.
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16. But before we connect, how do I find
you?
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17. That cute guy in
the fourth row of
English class that
you’ve never
spoken to? We’re
friends
now, virtually
that is.
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18. Whether it’s to
friends or family,
how often do we
use our phone to
call someone?
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19. Would we rather tweet to the virtual world
instead?
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20. It seems
as though
we use
our
phones
for
everything
EXCEPT
calling.
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21. Emailing has never been easier, thanks to
handhelds such as BlackBerrys.
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22. Why call when you can text? It’s faster,
easier and more convenient.
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23. How do you choose your
friends?
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24. Do you
spend
most of
your
time in
the
virtual or
the real
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world?

25. Created by Ishita Biswas
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Posted May 20, 2011