One of my New Year resolutions is to limit the usage of WhatsApp and Facebook.
Time being spent in reading/ deleting / forwarding an unending stream of jokes, images, GIFs, videos is turning out to be a very high opportunity cost.
So, next time anyone tells you China Wall is the only man-made object that can be seen from space, go Google!
- I will be checking Facebook twice or at max thrice a week.
- I will be checking WhatsApp group messages just twice a day.
- I will also be exiting from forwards-intensive WhatsApp groups.
Time being spent in reading/ deleting / forwarding an unending stream of jokes, images, GIFs, videos is turning out to be a very high opportunity cost.
WhatsApp has become the primary means to spread rumours, hoaxes and mis-information. Hardly any day goes by without seeing a forwarded message claiming imaginary things such as "NASA discovers sound of Om in Sun" or "Acupressure cured cancer".
What's interesting is: If you have access to WhatsApp, you can access Google (both require Internet) but no one pauses to validate such content.
Whichever groups am part of, I always make it a point to refute such messages, and possibly turn myself into the most hated member of the group 
☺ The intention is not to embarrass anyone but to make them aware that by forwarding such false information, they are lowering the cumulative IQ of the entire group.
☺ The intention is not to embarrass anyone but to make them aware that by forwarding such false information, they are lowering the cumulative IQ of the entire group.
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