{"id":70,"date":"2023-08-10T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hashtagdhaka.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2023-08-12T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T12:35:07","slug":"how-facebook-became-an-integral-part-of-life-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hashtagdhaka.com\/how-facebook-became-an-integral-part-of-life-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"How Facebook became an integral part of life in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Fifteen years ago, Facebook was just a social media. People would share personal updates, reconnect with friends and families, and discuss their interests with like-minded people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a place to connect and share, but it wasn\u2019t a must-have. You weren\u2019t losing out by not being on Facebook, and you certainly didn\u2019t feel like it was a large part of your real life if you lived in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Facebook isn\u2019t just a place you go to for entertainment. It\u2019s somehow become such an essential part of life in Bangladesh that you would be in complete darkness, unaware of your surroundings, and maybe even fall victim to common frauds and scammers if you aren\u2019t in the loop. You could miss updates from government bodies and other authorities. In some cases, you may even be forced to be on Facebook for work and education purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did this happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is one of those things that happen so gradually that you don\u2019t notice or realize until someone points it out to you. I\u2019m that someone, and I\u2019m here to shine a light on the many levels Facebook has penetrated our daily lives in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I want to preface this by stating the obvious: You could<\/em> live in Bangladesh and not even use Facebook. In fact, there are many who don\u2019t. But you\u2019d find yourself in a disadvantageous situation if you aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thin chance of it happening, but if Facebook were ever to go dark, I bet it would affect Bangladeshis many times more severely than anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, to say \u201cFacebook is the internet of Bangladesh\u201d would not be an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are just a few ways Facebook became an indispensable part of life in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n