Facebook...One for the stalkers

Let’s FACE it; Mark Zuckerberg has created a contemporary voyeuristic monster! In other words we are all stalkers on a day to day basis, having a sly peak at peoples’ lives behind their back, some of whom we have never met or have no intention of meeting. Just the pure satisfaction of seeing a hot girl pout her lips in her profile picture with two of her best friends, or to see a 'jacked' guy on steroids flexing his muscles for the tiny 5x8cm box is so worth the 5-10 hours we all spend on facebook a day.

We are instantaneously informed of a person's persona by their facebook profile pictures. This vomit on the page display of personality is further emphasised by their favourite songs, movies and things that other people have created but that individuals use to express their individualism.

Have you noticed that girls are always with two or three or twenty friends in their profile pictures? This can be taken from evolution as females evolved as social animals. However it becomes clear that the 'hotter' or prettier the female, the less friends occupy the little box as it is blocked by a singular (full make-up and hair done with clevelage at its peak on display) female face...striking a pose. The same generalisation can be said for males who strive to project their masculinity by either flexing their muscles, capturing themselves in a hard rugby tackle, or simply having a few beers with their mates.

The funny thing is that people will often argue that their profile pics reflect their everyday lives and they are not staged at all, but we all spend most of our time working, studying and sleeping but yet none of us have profile pictures of these three things or any other normal activities that comprise for a vast majority of our everyday lives. We always project ourselves in a strange, amazing, awkward and above all things else, stunning form. We are not all models, celebrities and athletes, so why do we project ourselves in this manner?