facebook is a phenomenon that has allowed you to reconnect with your best friend from nursery, keep up with your buddy’s travels and get out of hours-long phone conversations with your aunt. It truly is a remarkable tool. However, as with most things, there is a dark side to Facebook. While the male brain may not have tapped in to the full manipulation potential of this seemingly innocent social networking tool, chances are, that several women you know have. Women are trained in the art of creating, maintaining and controlling relationships, and Facebook is just one more resource they can use to keep tabs on and influence people. Here’s a list of some crazy things I have personally seen women do on Facebook.
No. 1 – Make fake profiles to stalk ex’s.
Yeah I am sure many of you guys have done it too in an attempt to try and get laid, but it is certainly not unheard-of for a woman to set up a fake Facebook persona in order to creep on her ex’s profile. At the very least, she might get a mutual friend to allow her a limited access to an ex’s Facebook page. Whether you broke up badly or it was mostly mutual, if you don’t keep in touch, she probably wants to know what you’re up to. Instead of calling or e-mailing you, it’s easier and less embarrassing to scope out your profile while you are blissfully unaware that she is checking up on you.
No. 2 – Manipulating Facebook photos
The photos a woman posts on her profile can be innocent – or they can be totally manipulative. Another crazy thing women do on Facebook is to put up embarrassing or compromising photos of people that have gotten on her bad side. When a guy breaks up with a girl and the next day photos of him in one of her dresses hit her profile, it’s not only vindictive, but also pretty immature. (remember Sarita? ;-P)
A woman might also use her Facebook photo albums to present an image of herself that doesn’t exactly match up to reality. In her photos she might appear more sexy, more adventurous and altogether more exciting than she is in real life. A thumb rule – Never, ever, forever - judge a woman’s photo by her thumbnail. Remember this old post?
No. 3 - Passive-aggressive status updates…
No. 4 - Ambiguous relationship photos…
No. 5 - Posting a fake relationship status…
Since I revealed so much about our side of the court, I should also tell you some tricks YOU can practice on your own.
Here are my Top10 Tips to appear irresistable online.
No. 1 – Have a great profile picture
Resist the urge to use that photo of you drinking beer upside down from your college fest as your default picture. The same goes for any picture where you can’t tell which person you are, you look visibly drunk or you’re surrounded by numerous girls.
Your ideal photo should be casual and “honest” rather than something overly posed – you want it to be a true reflection of who you are. And since the photo is frequently scaled down to a thumbnail, its best to use a picture of your face that looks good in a tiny size. A full figure in a thumbnail just looks stupid. Also remember that your photo can be changed fairly frequently.
No. 2 – Shape your image…
No. 3 – Be interesting…
No. 4 – Join fan pages and interest groups…
No. 5 – Browse your friends’ friends…
No. 6 – Search your local network…
No. 7 – Look for upfront relationship statuses…
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Follow these suggestions, and you’ll be meeting women in no time. Just remember to change your relationship status when you two are officially an item. Boy I wish we had Facebook when I was single. Watching my friends and you guys and writing about it was too much fun? Have you kids been good? Tell me about your hot / creepy / funny / romantic Facebook stories. Have a great weekend!
Love you all,
- Anjali
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