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Social Networking 2014- Facebook ah? Whatsapp ah?

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Admit it. Whatsapp has been eating into your Facebook time for quite a while now. Though the stats say Facebook users are as active as ever, status updates like “Movie boring..zzzzz”(never mind the trailing lines “..at the Cinemas with Cute Kavi, Bala Boyzz, Banu athai, Kowshi kutti” with the last two not being FB users) and “Had the craziest vaazhakka bajji ever! #semataste ” are growing fewer in number. Credit goes to Whatsapp for its no frills status updates with huge user pleasing capabilities as in, 1. Nobody, I repeat, nobody can add a Vadivelu meme as a comment to your status. 2. Opportunities to start a Vijay Vs Ajith presidential debate are considerably less. 3. You don’t have to feel bad for a Selfie that has been “liked” only by 5 people. 4. You can get people to know the kind of loverboy you are by updating “For every beat, my heart keeps saying happy birthday to the one it belongs to… <3 <3 <3 “ without your mom/dad/uncle/HOD-cum-FB account holders snoo