Life without social media has become nearly impossible for today’s generation! Since the advent of “the Smartphone era,” mobile apps have kept people glued to their screens even while on transit. It is interesting to note the difference between what these social apps originally intended to do and how different people use them today.

Facebook Social Media:

What Google Play store defines Facebook as?

Keeping up with friends is faster than ever on social media.

See what friends are up to & Share updates, photos, and videos 

Get notified when friends like and comment on your posts on social media

Play games and use your favorite apps on social media

Curious Case of Facebook Users:

Case 1: Like Cravers (LC)

These people continuously check for no likes on their pictures, posts, or statuses like a ticking time bomb, and there is no tomorrow. They wear the number of likes as a badge of honor.

Friend: Dude! Superb pic! You are looking good.

LC: Thanks, boss! It was just a random picture. Did you like it or not?

Case 2: Thanks Givers (TG)

They make it a point to thank people for everything, every time, everywhere. If people sin commenting saying nice pic, lovely pic, superb, etc. for their profile picture, TGs start a thanksgiving ceremony.

Thanks, @commenter_name_1

Thanks, @commenter_name_2

…

….

Thanks @commenter_name_N

where N tends to infinity

Case 3: Pic raisers (PR)

They comment or like their own pic/post after a long time, re-appears in the feed, and gain new likes and comments. They update their profile picture, not with a new one but with the current picture or an older profile picture. Friends get an update saying PR updated their profile picture, and PRs expect new likes and comments.

Case 4: Taggers (TR)

Tag all their friends in their pictures. You may think that it is a common practice to tag all the people present in a picture on social media. However, this is the case of a solo picture like a selfie. Some go overboard where they tag friends to their honeymoon pictures. Hilarious!

Case 5: Status Leech (SL)

Every activity has to be a status update. Pictures speak for themselves!

If Facebook had a mind of its own and got a chance to react:

Mark! I cannot take this anymore. Purge me!

WhatsApp Social Media:

What Google Play store defines WhatsApp as?

WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones.

Curious Case of WhatsApp Users:

Case 1: Thanks Givers (TG)

This mob has carried their legacy to WhatsApp too. The Thanksgiving process is standard in groups, especially for birthdays. They are hell-bent on killing your smartphone battery. Unlock your smartphone after 5 min and find 100+ messages saying thank you.

To make things worse, they even check for who wished them and who did not. Only one person in the group remembers birthdays, and their wish leads to a tsunami of wishes.Happppppppyyyyyyyyyyyy Bdayyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy followed by creative use of emoticons.

Case 2: Status and Profile updaters

They seem to be so busy that they prefer to keep their friends updated through their statuses. Though WhatsApp recommends statuses like “AVAILABLE, BUSY, AT SCHOOL, AT MOVIES, AT WORK, CAN’T TALK, IN A MEETING, etc., they express their feelings here instead of through STOLEN quotes.

A new trend has started where people wish their friends through status updates. They even Celebrate Fathers day, Mother’s day, Teachers day, etc. They make it a point to change the profile picture according to the status. For instance, father’s day – pic with father, mother’s day – pic with mother plus the usually stolen quotes. The same people mysteriously forget essential days like World AIDS day – maybe a pic with a patient and so on. We are just saying!

Case 3: Last Seen CIDs

If we look at their message and do not reply ASAP, they complain that you ignore all their messages! All thanks to the dreaded blue double ticks & last-seen updates on social media.

Case 4: Screen shooters

They are a dangerous lot! They take screenshots of private messages, you know, maybe for future use best suited to them!

Case 5: The Show-offs

Show off their knowledge in a particular field like cricket though most of the remaining group members are not even remotely interested.

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