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Facebook Account එකේ ආරක්ෂාව ගැන සිතුවාද?

අද ගොඩක් අය cyber අවකාශය තුල යන එන ප්‍රධාන තැනක් තමයි Facebook. ඒ වගේම Facebook නිසා පෞද්ගලිකත්වයට හානි වුන බොහෝ පිරිසක් ඉන්නවා කියල අපිට ඕන තරම් ආරංචි ලැබෙනවා. මේ වගේ ප්‍රශ්නවලට මුහුණ දෙන්න වෙන්නේ ගොඩක් වෙලාවට අපේ තියෙන නොසැලකිලිමත්කම නිසාම තමයි. මේ article එක ලියන්නේ ඒ ප්‍රශ්නවලින් මිදිලා කොහොමද පරිස්සමෙන් Facebook යන්නේ කියල.

Login එකේදි ආරක්ෂා වීම

loginweb browser එකෙන් FB log වෙනවා නම් අපිට හුරුපුරුදු login screen එකක් තමා තියෙන්නෙ. Keep me logged in කියන option එකක් තියෙනවා කියල ඔබට මතක ඇති. තමන්ගේම computer එකක් නෙමේ නම් ඒ option එක භාවිත නොකරන තරමට හොදයි. මොකද තමන් FB ගිහින් ඉවර වෙලා logout වෙන්න අමතක උනොත් account එක බාහිර පුද්ගලයෙක්ට භාවිත කරන්න හරිම ලේසි.

Password එක පෞද්ගලික විය යුතුය.

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අපි ඕනෑම account එකකට password එකක් දන්නේ ආරක්ෂාවට. එහනම් අපි ආරක්ෂාවට දාපු password එක අන්සතු කිරීම දැන දැන කරන මෝඩ වැඩක්. ඒක නිසා තමන්ගෙ password එක කිසි විටෙකත් අන්සතු කරන්න එපා. Facebook account එකේ ආරක්ෂාවට ඒ කාරණය ගොඩක් වැදගත්. ඒ වගේම password ගැන කියන කොට තවත් කරුණු කිපයක් කියන්න ඕන.

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password එක අපි දත් බුරුසුව කියල හිතුවොත්, ඒ වගේම password එකට හොද එකක් තෝරාගන්න ඕන. ඒ වගේම වෙන කාත් එක්කවත් share කරන්න එපා. අනිත් කාරණය තමයි විටින් විට password එක මාරු කරන්න ඕන. අඩු ගානේ මාසෙකට වතාවක්වත් කරන්න ඕන. හොද password එකක් දන්නේ කොහොමද කියල මේ link එකේ web site එකෙන් බලන්න වගේම තමුන්ගේ password එක කොයිතරම් දුරට හොදද කියල බලන්න පුළුවන්.

ඒ වගේම password එකකට බොහොම සරල එහෙම නැතිනම් කෙනෙක්ට guess කරන්න පුළුවන් දේවල් දන්නා එපා. විශේෂයෙන් උපන් දින, ගෙදර අයගේ නම් වගේ දේවල්.

3rd Party Apps

අද වෙන කොට FB එකේ ගොඩක් ප්‍රසිද්ධ දෙයක් තම 3rd party applications. අපි දන්නේ නැතුව ඒ apps වලට permission දීමෙන් නොදැනුවත්වම අපේ private දේවල් ලබා දීමක් තමයි වෙන්නේ. අපේ photos, personal messages වගේ පෞද්ගලික දේවල් අන්සතු වීමක් වෙන්න පුළුවන්. ඒක නිසා ඒ වගේ apps භාවිත කරනකොට ගොඩක් ප්‍රවේශම් වෙන්න ඕන. හොද ratings තියෙනවද, මොන වගේ දේවල්ද ඒ app එක use කරන්නේ වගේ දේවල් හොයල බලන්න පුළුවන්.
සමහර apps තියෙනව අපි permission නොදීම අපේ wall එකේ, app එකේ results post වෙනවා. එක පෞද්ගලිකත්වයට හානි වෙන  දෙයක් වෙන්න ගොඩක් ඉඩ තියෙනව. ඒකෙන් වැළකෙන්න නම් කරන්න ඕන, app එක use කරන්න කලින් posts auto share වෙනවද කියල සැක හැර දැන ගන්න ඕන.

Login Alerts & Login Approvals

තමුන්ගේ account එක නොදැනුවත්ව වෙන තැනකින් log වෙලා නම් alert එකක් එහෙම නැත්තම් notification එකක් එන විදියට හදන්න පුළුවන්. ඒ සදහා Settings -> Security Settings වල තියෙන Login Alerts enable කරන්න ඕන. ඒක email එකට හෝ/හා mobile phone එකට එන විදියට වෙනස් කරගන්න පුළුවන්.login-approval

අනාරක්ෂිත අවස්ථාවක් දැනුම් දෙන්න තම ඒ ක්‍රමය තියෙන්න. ඒ වගේම අනාරක්ෂිත බවෙන් මිදෙන්න login approvals කියල විශේෂාංගයක් FB වල තියෙනවා. එකත් කලින් කිව්වා Security Settings වලම තියෙනවා. එකෙන් වෙන්න අපි username හා password ගහල account එකට log වෙන්න හදන කොට අපේ mobile එකට text එකකින් යම් කේතයක් එවනවා FB එකෙන්. එක enter කරාම තමයි අපිට log වෙන්න පුළුවන්. මේක automatically generate වෙන කේත ක්‍රමයක්.

Trusted Contacts

FB account එක යම් වැරදීමකින් තමන්ට log වෙන්න බැරි දෙයක් වුනොත්, ඒ සදහා FB ඉන්න තමන්ට විශ්වාස යාළුවෙක් හරහා නැවත ලබා ගන්න පුළුවන්. ඒකට අපිට විශ්වාස FB friendsල නම් කරන්න පුළුවන්.

Privacy එක ආරක්ෂා කිරීම

privacyFacebook කියන්නේ ගොඩක් වෙලාවට privacy පැත්ත ගැන දෙසැරයක් හිතන්න ඕන තැනක්. මොකද FB එකේ අපේ අදහස්, සිතුවිලි, photos, videos share කරන තැනක්. ඒවා බලන්න ඕන නැත්තේ කවුද කියන එක තීරණය කරන්න අපිට අයිතියක් තියෙනව. එකට ගොඩක් ලොකු අවසථාවක් FB එකෙන් අපිට ලබා දීල තියෙනවා.
Settings -> Privacy Settings වලට යන්න, එතනින් අපේ timeline එකේ තියෙන දේවල් බලන්න පුළුවන් කාටද කියන එක වගේම, තමන්ගේ account එකට friend request එවන්න පුළුවන් කාටද, තමන්ව contact කරන්න පුළුවන් කාටද වගේ, privacy එකට බලපාන දේවල් customize කරන්න පුළුවන්.

Blocking haters

blockedඅපිට කරදරයක් වෙන පුද්ගලයෝ ඉන්නවා නම් ඒ accounts block කරන්න පුළුවන් අපිට. එතකොට ඒ account එක කිසිම විදියකින් අපිට පේන්නෙ නෑ වගේම ඒ පුද්ගලයාටත් අපිව පේන්නෙ නෑ. ඒක කරන්න settings වල තියෙන Blocking කියන තැනට යන්න පුළුවන්. මේකෙන් තමන්ගේ privacy එකට හානි කරන අයව block කරන්න පුළුවන්. මේකෙදි පුද්ගලයෝ විතරක් නෙමේ, කරදරකාර page invitations, app invitations වගේම event invitations වුනත් block කරන්න පුළුවන්.

Who to add as friends ?

Facebook කියන්නේ social media එකක්. ඉතින් මෙතන අපිට අලුත් යාලුවෝ හද ගන්න හොද තැනක්. හැබැයි මිතුරු වේශයෙන් එන හතුරෝ ගොඩක් ඉන්න තැනක් තමයි FB කියන්නේ. ඒක නිසා අලුත් යාලුවෝ ඇති කර ගන්න කලින් අපි දෙසැරයක් හිතන්න ඕන. තමුන් දන්නේ නැති අය add කර නොගන්න තරමට තම නුවණට හුරු. තමුන් දන්නේ නැති අයට් friend request නොයවනවා වගේම දන්නේ නැති අයාගෙන request අවම accept නොකර ඉන්න තරමටම හොදයි. මොකද දන්නේ නැති අය අපේ timeline එක බැලීමෙන් privacy පිළිබද ප්‍රශ්නයක් වෙන්න පුළුවන්.

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Spams & Malware

Facebook හරහා ගොඩක් spam messages එහෙමෙහෙ යනවා. emailවලට එන spams  වගේම තමයි. බොරු විස්තර දාල අපේ වටිනා කාලය නාස්ති කරනවා වගේම, අපිව මුළා කරන එක මේ spam වලින් වෙනවා. විශේෂයෙන් දැන් හදුන්වා දීල තියෙන message request පහසුකම නිසා දන්නැති අයගෙන් එන messages සීමා කරන්න පුළුවන්.
මේ ළගදි FB එක පුරාවටම malware එකක් සංසරණය වුණා. එක link එකක් click කරාම තමා නොදැනුවත්වම අනිත් friends ලගේ wall වල video එකක් link එකක් share වෙනවා. මේක මුළු fb එක පුරාම පිළිලයක් වගේ ව්‍යාප්ත වුණා. මේ වගේ දන්නේ නැති links click නොකර ඉන්න තරමට තම හොද. නැත්තම් තම නොදැනුවත්ව ගොඩක් වැරදි දේවල් වෙන්න පුළුවන්. එක නිසා FB භාවිතය ගොඩක් ප්‍රවේශමෙන් කරන්න ඕන දෙයක්.

Social media කියන්නෙ Facebook විතරමද?

ගොඩක් අයට social media කිව්වම මතක් වෙන්නෙ FB එක විතරමයි. එක්කො YouTube, Twitter. ඒව මතක් වෙන්නෙත් පස්සෙ. ඒ තරමටම FB තමයි අපිට ගොඩක් හුරුපුරුදු වෙලා තියෙන්නෙ.

Social media?

Social media කියන්නෙ අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ පරිගණකය හෝ ජංගම දුරකතනය හෝ වෙනයම් මාධ්‍යයකින් පිරිසක් සමග සම්බන්ධ වෙලා අදහස් දක්වන්න පුලුවන් එකතරා මාධ්‍යයක්. අදහස් දක්වන්න photo, video, articles වගේ දේවල් උනත් වෙන්න පුලුවන්. මෙතන ප්‍රධාන දේ වෙන්නෙ පිරිසක් virtual  විදියට එකතු වෙන එක.

ඉතිහාසය

Social media ඉතිහාසය 1997 තරම් ඈතට දිව යනවා. ඒ කියන්නේ ලංකාවට Internet ඇවිල්ලත් අවුරුදු දෙකයි. පලවෙනි social media site එක විදියට සැලකෙන්නෙ sixdegrees.com. Andrew Weinreich කියන පුද්ගලයා තමා මේක හොයාගත්තේ. 2001 දී මේක අක්‍රිය කරලා තියෙනවා.

Makeoutclub කියල 2000 දී තමා ඊලග social media යෙදුම අවේ. 2005 වගේ කාලෙ වෙනකොට MySapce තමයි ලෝකෙම ප්‍රසිද්ධ social media සිතේ එක වෙලා තියෙන්නෙ. එහෙම දියුණුවුණ social media,  අද වෙනකොට 100කට වැඩිය තියෙනවා.

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Siripala is Smart, Be Like Siripala

Be Like Siripala

The Sri Lankan version of the ‘Be Like Bill’ meme ‘Be Like Siripala’ is doing the rounds in social media and sprung into popularity. Its good to see that it is not direct translation of the English version, rather applying the concept in Sri Lankan context. It hits at popular Sri Lankan keyboard heroes such as political ranters.

A load of these memes are available in the ‘Be Like Siripala’ facebook page which has garnered over 20.000 likes in less than 24 hours. Few of our favourites are listed below. Do visit the facebook page to have a look, and most importantly: Be Like Siripala!Be Like Siripala

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Be Like Siripala

Image credits to ‘Be Like Siripala” facebook page

‘හෑෂ්ටැග’ සහ ‘සඳහන් කිරීම්’

දිගු නිහැඬියාවකින් පසු මේ උත්සාහය අපගේ සුපුරුදු ප්‍රාදේශීයරණ ලිපි පෙළින් මඳක් බැහැර වී, වෙනස් නමුත් කාලීන මාතෘකාවක් වෙත අවධානය යොමු කිරීමටයි. අද අපගේ බලාපොරොත්තුව අන්තර්ජාලය පරිහරණය කරන ඔබ අප සැවොම නිසැකයෙන්ම දැක ඇති ‘හෑෂ්ටැග’ සහ ‘සඳහන් (mention) කිරීම්’ ගැන කෙටි නමුත් පැහැදිලි විස්තර කිරීමක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමටයි. මෙම පහසුකම් දෙකම හඳුන්වාදුන් ප්‍රථම සමාජ මාධ්‍ය වෙබ් අඩවිය වන්නේ twitter අවකාශයයි. ඉතාමත් සරල මාතෘකාවක් ලෙස බැලු බැල්මට පෙණුනද, තවමත් මෙම විශේෂාංග දෙකෙහි නිවැරදි භාවිතය නොදන්නා ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පරිශීලකයින් අප්‍රමාණව අප දැක ඇත. මේ ලිපිය ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙනි. Read More

Social Media in Sri lanka politics

Power, Politics, Society: explained by many academics & scholars in different ways. It varies from Idealist to Realist to Identity to Marxist & to Globalist! Concepts examined by different paradigms. History created remarkable associations of nations. From League of Nations to the United Nations, entities were established by nations on Global, International & regional levels.  All these were created by the States; we rather call them the Heads of States, where the citizen’s involvement is minimum. Today, general public has more decision power is politics via Social Media.  Then how big Social Media? When did it all start?

The origins of social media go far deeper than we can imagine, though it came like a new trend. The earliest method of communication across great distance was “Postal Letters”. In 1972, the telegraph was invented while the telephone & the radio were invented in 1890 and 1891 respectively. Technology started to change rapidly in 20th century. With the birth of first two computers in 1940s, scientists & engineered began to work on creating network between the computer, which invented “Internet”. From the earliest form of internet such as “Compuserve” to primitive forms of email, technology developed further. The first identifiable social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. From year 2000 networks like MySpace & LinkedIn gained prominence while Photobucket and Flickr facilitated online photo sharing. YouTube which came out in 2005, created an entirely new media for people to communicate and share with each other. Facebook & Twitter made a immersive change in people’s life style after 2006, while we can add many more to the social media family namely Tumblr, Spotify, Foursquare and Pinterest etc. Today, there is a marvelous collection of social networking sites, & the most convenient thing is that many of them allow cross-posting. This allows users to reach mass. Under these circumstances, Social Media is playing a major role in National & international politics.

In Sri Lanka, for the majority the concept of social media is kind of a new trend & the involvement of social media to national politics isn’t going too far. The first heavy wave of social media political campaign emerged at the final stage of the war & even during the post-war period. In globalized world, people are no longer defined only by their ethnic or national origin. Diaspora communities have become more prominent, where these groups are actively involving in homeland politics. The most inextricable move is that they often create a global picture against the government s of their “home” states. Social media plays a massive role in this case.  This is what we refer as the long-distance nationalism & this form of political engagement can be considered a subset of the “transnational political practices” of migrant communities. This was very clear during the war time in Sri Lanka. The former Sri Lankan government was under a tremendous pressure especially on social media which brought the attention of highly empowered international entities & regimes over the alleged war crimes. Dr Chris Nonis the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom recently stunned the world stating that the Tamil diaspora is carrying a “Proxy propaganda war” against the Sri Lankan government. His reply to the international community went viral on social media creating a phenomenal riposte.
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The second biggest wave of social media campaign started along with the 2010 presidential election. Establishing the brands of SF to MR & propagating their principle & mandate and mudslinging were very much interactive n SM during this period. Users created their own communities, shared their thoughts & opinions, posted their own videos & pictures, created their own funny corners for both sides & even conducted their own surveys on SM for their predictions.  Things got more progressive during the presidential election of 2015. Some may already considered this can be the first ever cyber election in Sri Lanka. Executive Presidency, Constitutional reforms, Good governance, corruptions, nepotism, judicial systems, Media freedom & human rights were the main themes highlighted & discussed in social media. This year’s presidential election was a historical as we witnessed an extraordinary use of social media by both candidates as well as by the youth. This became a growing power of youth in the country. When the polls were closed, the whole country went calm & streets went calm. However, the social media was full of rumors & predictions while the #tag of #presPollSL was been used thousand times. When MY3 was the emerging popularity & the topic in social media, MR campaigned mostly on traditional media & even tried attacking the social media advertising on traditional media. These were also been cartooned many times;
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Who were the social media presidents in 2010 & 2015? Both are the common candidates, Sarath Fonseka & Maithripala Sirisena. However, MR’s traditional campaign took-over SF’s social media popularity. By 2015, things have changed drastically. Power & the usage of social media, especially by the youth with new votes were not able to take as a simple thing. Below stats are based on the survey I extracted from Daily FT during the last 2 weeks of the presidential election campaign on social media.
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#IVotedSL a trilingual campaign launched by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence encourage citizens to cast their votes. For many youth, it was the SM, the first tune in channel to the last updates & it was just a matter of spelling their question on a browser, which gave them the 360 degree view of the subject matter. Social media also gave an opportunity to MR even after his defeat to reach his mass & convey his messages & reactions to both positive & negative comments spreading around him.
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However, things in favor of MY3 changed again on social media grounds, when the president released a statement after few weeks after his victory claiming that the misleading news circulating on his social media sites. Both positive & negative, mudslinging & aspirational news pervaded the social media from both parties for & against each other. However it still keeps as media to communicate a mass with both true &false information supported by both parties in public. Can the social media be the new concept of emerging digital democracy in future? Answer is too tricky. Since it sees no end as long as the human race exist on planet, from presidential elections to 100 day plan to next government elections to whatever comes next…Social Media & the politics will always be interlinked.However the question remains on what is the mindful ways to use the social media? Can everything be accepted? Can anything be shared? Can anything be argued? I have noticed significant percentage of information available & shared on social media on Sri Lankan politics are misleading. I have noticed more users been reactive rather than active. Keep in mind to think & re-think whether it is true, it is necessary & it is the kind to post, share or comment on your social media & have fun!schbasci

Introducing Facebook Save

Facebook  is currently rolling out a useful feature called Saved Posts, which will allow users to save Facebook posts in order to view them later. This will be helpful in the instance where you see an interesting post , but do not have time at that moment to view it. It would also help keep those treasured posts, the ones that inspire and the ones with fond memories bookmarked for quick access.

Saving a post is quite simple. Just click on the arrow on the top right hand corner of the post and choose save. All saved items can then be view-able through the ‘Saved’ link that can be access from your profile home page. This feature will most likely to be frequently used, while more options to organize the saved posts will surely be on the roadmap.

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Use Facebook responsibly – Campaign by DIMO

Facebook has become “the trend” in Sri Lankan social media, and there has been increasing number of complaints against irresponsible usage. SLCERT (Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team) says it has received around 1,100 internet related complaints so far this 2013 while a majority of them concern the Facebook. Mainly its our younger generation that’s being strongly attracted to Facebook as well as badly beaten. It’s a shame that a few young girls committed suicide over photographs that was published of them on Facebook!

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There is something wide of the mark for such tragedies to happen. Our society has attracted to Facebook without considering its limits, its flaws. Privacy aspect is neglected all along! Coming from a very sensitive cultural background, public expressions on private matters can have a strong adverse effect on personal wellbeing.

DIMO Sri Lanka has taken a well-timed community service to educate the Facebook users to use Face book responsibly.

“Its is your duty to educate your loved ones and monitor them while on Social Media”

Visit DIMO Facebook page and to follow their campaign: https://www.facebook.com/DimoSriLanka

Few messages posted in their wall is included below.

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TweetupSL 4 – An evening of tweeps and tweets

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for tweeps, when TweetupSL arrives. This year’s edition took place at the Mercantile Cricket Association grounds last Saturday with hundreds of tweeps gathering for the much anticipated occasion. This was the first time TweetupSL took place outdoors giving a relaxed atmosphere for everyone to mingle about.

Soon after registration everyone got in to their dialog sponsored T shirts with the various #OMG #FTW #Epic #WTF hash tags. The event commenced with cutting the cake and a very entertaining flash Mob. Check it out below.(Video credits to Aqeel Dave)

There were numerous games for tweeps from musical chairs to balloon dancing to noodle racing. A quiz on TweetupSL history was held by the Readme team with scrumptious gifts for the winners courtesy of Coco Veranda.

The TweetupSL awards took place towards the end, with 39 tweeps receiving awards according to the tallied votes on tweetupsl.org.  The category winners for the awards are as follows.(drumroll)

Miss.Tweep of the year – @AyshMarQ

Mr.Tweep of the year – @dodan123

Twitterholic of the year – @GayanMW

Tech Tweep of the year – @gazly

Sportaholic  of the year – @takashiG

Twitter News Breaker  of the year – @rangaba

Instagramoholic of the year – @HalikAzeez

Most Helpful Tweep of the year – @AnfasJM

Most Controversial Tweep of the year – @NotJagath

Funniest Tweep  of the year – @Rathgamaya

Diplo Tweep of the year – @NisansaDds

Foodie Tweep of the year – @PhuckYou_

Hashtagoholic of the year – @nHiRanZ

Tweetup SL 4 Tweeps

During these various activities, tweeps were able to meetup with old buddies and also got to meet up their virtually acquired friends in real life.  ‘Cos in twitter its not just about keeping touch with your existing friends, its about making new connections with people who you can enjoy a conversation with. That’s what makes twitter qualitatively the number one social media in Sri Lanka.

Kudos to the organizing team for putting countless hours and immense effort into making TweetupSL 4, an event worth tweeting all week long.

Below are few moments captured at the event.

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Twitter Stats – Infographic

With TweetupSL less than a week a way, we thought of sharing some insightful infographics on twitter. The twitter journeybegan in March 2006, and has come along way in the 7.5 years since its inceptions. Who would have thought that 140 characters would make such a difference.

Twitter has around 100 million active daily users who have contributed to a staggering 300 billion total tweets and 30 billion total tweet impressions. Take a look at the below infographic for more useful stats. (Infographic credits to brickfish).

 

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Dr Chris Nonis goes Viral

In a perfect example of the viral effect of social media, Dr Chris Nonis became a popular well respected public figure within a few days. Although the buzz on him is recent, his contribution to Sri Lanka has been present for several years. Dr Chris Nonis is currently the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for the UK.

The video responsible for all this is an interview between Dr Chris Nonis and a CNN reporter, where the lankan high commissioner defends Sri Lanka on the human rights issues. This video which is  titled ‘Sri Lanka lashes out at rights criticism’ can be viewed below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kbIITQ1f4

Due to the calm, witty and professional way he answered the questions, the CNN reporter was clearly dumbfounded. The video soon was shared heavily on facebook with people who were amazed with the responses of Dr Chris Nonis. Currently the video has garnered a staggering 120,000+ views which is a high number for a Sri Lankan video.

The number of people following is page on facebook also grew with high numbers. At the time we viewed the page it had only a few hundred people following it. Now it has over 18,000 followers. You can view his facebook page here.

His popularity has even reached the meme space, with many memes being posted on the Sri Lankan Memes facebook page. Now Dr Chris Nonis has his own meme. Shown below is one such meme(Image credits Sri Lankan Memes). There are many more amussing memes, do check them out at Sri Lankan Memes.

Photo: He was actually "Gedara Yana Gaman" - jW #ChrisNonisFacts

For more information on Dr Chris Nonis, visit his official website www.drchrisnonis.com