Are you Facebooked?

Hollywood actors Robert Downey Jr and Ashton Kutcher are online, Barack Obama used the networking sites to amass support for his presidential run, and our very own Bollywood stars Shahid Kapur and Priyanka Chopra allegedly flirted on it.

One of the most popular networking sites on the Internet, Facebook recently turned five years old. It is definitely a huge milestone for this social networking site that has more than 150 million users around the globe. City celebs tell us why they’re addicted to Facebook…

Zoya Akhtar, director: I am glad I started a group on my latest movie and more than 3,000 people have since then come up with the most honest feedback I have received. On the personal front too, it has served me well. I had a friend who I went to school with in New York as a kid. Over the years, I lost her number and was scared I would never find her again. But out of the blue she found me and we reconnected.

Sikander Kher, actor: Through online networks I have managed to hunt down some of
the coolest friends I used to have way back in school. Interestingly, it was one of my current friends who put my profile on the Internet and I got my first tailor-made network account which came without any hard work.

Rahul Da Cunha, theatre actor: Given the profession I am in, it is a great way to keep in touch with so many international actors and directors. It is a great place to advertise an event too. I am a huge fan of the groups on Facebook. It is one addiction that is definitely good to stick by!