There is something for everyone, ranging from animated images to famous quotes, including personal messages that only someone special can decipher upon reading. The virtual Christmas and New Year have been a huge hit, filled with wishes and resolutions of all kinds, and now the challenge is to transition from the virtual to the real.
It is hard to escape the Facebook phenomenon at the moment, and there are few people who often use computers that don’t have a more or less well-managed profile. “Don’t you have a Facebook?” has become quite a common question in both professional and friendly conversations.
With 1,500 friends, there will be nearly 1,000 messages of wishes that will be stored in the inbox or on the wall of the average Facebook user, who will in turn need to reciprocate to each sender to avoid offending them or any other unhappy interpretation. If they have also sent their wishes to their many friends, they will then only need to prepare the thank-you messages in return. It’s almost a full-time job to manage your profile during the festive season…
