Who is on your 'friends' list?

Who is on your friends' list? One morning this week, an email caught me by surprise. It was a Facebook (FB) friend recommendation - Draupadi Murmu’s mugshot stared back at me. Now, we know who she is. I was confused. How on earth would she know who I am. Why would she want to be friends with me? And the next thoughts were- are the FB algorithm developers napping? How silly of someone to open a fake account in the name of the President of India! Welcome to the unregulated, unreal realm of Facebook, where presidents, professionals, promoters, pals, pretenders, pests, anyone can be a friend, or at least send in a friend request. According to dataportal.com, India and United States are the leading Facebook users. I am not surprised. Most of the people I know keep track of others and peer into what is going on in their lives, through Facebook. They claim that it is an important tool to find long-lost friends, old classmates and alumni associations or cousins so distant they can be ...