Like, share, photo uploads, tags, farmville, chatting, My reactions..,completely wore out by all of these facebook jargons, I took a decision not to frequent facebook often, and on that very auspicious night, I took this gratifying resolution, and when I was about to log off, one of my friend pinged, asking me to have a look on a page. Little did I know then, that I'm in for a different form of addiction! Just one visit to that page, made me to forget my new resolution, and once again, my affinity towards fb grew stronger!
Skimming through that page, I'm instantly fascinated by it's concept.,that little spark of an idea. I learned yet another facebook jargon. They called it 'confession page'..! You can make your confession public, ofcourse with complete anonymity. As the page, attractively tempts you to confess, with it's tagline, 'You're identity is completely taken care of'. :)
Every thing,which goes viral in a not so healthy way, must have been started initially with good intentions. What should have been created as a means of whistle blowing, the deviations in the organization, in a healthy way, soon turned out to be a portal for publicizing and popularizing one's confessions.
To me, it's hypothetical to answer if it is for good or bad. It wafted a new trend, a new useless, but entertaining way of killing up the time. By analyzing hundreds, of confessions made, I'm happy to know I'm not left alone in the personal tussle, the stride of finding oneself. People are more concerned about their personal problems more than job. Most of us scared of speaking up with open heart. There is always a chamber of the heart that is locked up in the deepest crevices of our conscience, and we never easily excavate it and express to anyone. What I consider, as an remarkable achievement of pages like this, is that it makes people revisit this locked layer, hidden and not cared about for a long time, understanding it, coming up with a clear idea, of their problems, and making it public as their confession. :)
Human behavior is perhaps very strange. It exhibits truth and innocence, with anonymity, and camouflage itself with lies, selfishness, exhibiting a different personality, completely devoid of any minor trace of their true inner self. How pathetic, we've become. We need a third person to evoke our inner self, and we dare to speak it out, to express ourselves only with fake identity. Speaking on par with one's heart, makes you an alien, and we've framed out a unwritten law, to treat such people, who speak up the bitter truth, in the face, with caution. We think they're dangerous. But we dont realize that we're more dangerous and explosive, hiding every bad ugly truth, frustration, guiltiness, hatred within ourselves, ready to explode, anytime, and we're as vulnerable as a balloon that'll burst, with a prick of a needle.
Out of the many astounding confessions, rendered straight from their hearts, is related to love, and other variations of love. People even dare to express the socially unaccepted form of love, or unethical ways of love. At times, this page resembles, the 8.30 TV reality show, that makes entertainment by discussing one's personal problems.(Hope most of you, must have seen it :) ). It inculcates a sense of likeliness for peeping into other people'e problems, and making entertainment out of it. There is a perfect word for describing this, strange likeliness, but I'm refraining from using that word. :)
I realize this strange likeliness proliferated virally, in that page. We started yearning for entertainment out of everywhere. At times, we even don't hesitate to make ourselves an object of entertainment. Some of the confessions, are well written, true to the confessor's heart, that everyone feel to praise him. You don't need to write such things with anonymity. Some are like a case study, as shocking, as raw like the one they discuss in TV reality show. These ones, would be subjected to thorough analysis, mocking, teasing, and teasing in a best possible, professionally euphemistic way. :)
Like a sinner confessing in church, we bring out the voice of our guilty, to the fore, making it public. Actually, we're not confessing it to the readers. Technically, we're confessing to the admin of that page. He is the one, who moderates and publishes it. :)
Seeing other's confessions,we're is happy to know, that we're not left alone in our stride..We're not the only one guilty of our deeds. We're not alone, in search of a place like a garbage dump to shed out our ugly self, and wear out a new mask. We're not the only pathetic creature on this earth, and it is only this assurance, that one is not alone in their sufferings and stride that gives us hope and confidence.
When you're dumped by your girl friend, visit this page, and you'll know you're just one of the long list of poor guys getting dumped. If you're cheated, betrayed by the one you love, this page caws out, that you're not the first one to be cheated in this world. :)
Having it's equal share of merits and demerits, this emerging trend can be a 2 sided knife. While it is healthy, to encourage one to bring out their true inner turmoil, it also, at times, makes oneself, coward of expressing themselves with their true identity. Confessions, should be made only for something, that looks ugly, scary, the truth that exposes your grey shade, but not to real, true findings of your heart.
If you wanna vent your anger, burn your inner turmoil, express frustration, exhibit your hope, lay it out as a status, rather than a confession. This page, holds the danger of making one, fearing to express oneself.
Freedom of expression is laid out in our constitution, 65 years ago, and we're enjoying it's true bliss only in the age of digital socialization. Now, we're not in dread of criticizing the government, or the politicians. Not about the company, we work, but we panic for criticizing ourselves, to even analyze our true face, and express it out, without any redemption. And this page, acts as a minor tool, for achieving it.
I wish that we put no more confessions, and express with our true identity. Be bold to accept your imperfections. No one is perfect here, and no one here is qualified to mock at you.. :)
If the saying, Collective confessions, reflect the nature of the society, is true, then I think the society is in a very bad state. :)
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