How did we live without Facebook?

August 20, 2011 - 13:31 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - During the recent years social networks gained extreme popularity among Armenians. When Internet began penetrating into the country, young people moved from mIRC, Hayastan and similar chats to Odnoklassniki.ru. Now, they prefer Facebook.

Socialbaker.com website, which makes the official statistics of Facebook watches the changing number of users across the globe. According to statistics, Armenia is in the 117th place with 195 380 users.

Three years ago few Armenians were aware of Facebook while the registered users used the site only to communicate with friends or relatives living abroad.

Now, social networks arouse a lot of talk, both positive and negative. On the one hand, they are a perfect source of information and communication. Besides, they provide a wonderful opportunity for online marketing.

On the other hand, social networks may turn people into zombies, diverting them from the reality, live communication, walking or reading. They make the days too transparent both from the viewpoint of personal relations and psychological condition, mood or location.

So, a question arouses: isn’t our right to private life jeopardized? Do we use our time correctly? And finally, how did we live without Facebook?