I really dislike the app and wish people would write notes or use the ‘share’ function instead, but people will always be people.

Facebook has far more opportunities for parties, associations and the like, but I suppose if an elector suddenly finds a Liberal Democrat has a “What Nazi Figure Are You” application on their front page, it could cause trouble!

Most of the apps I’ve got installed don’t have a profile box on my profile, I a) dislike the clutter and b) don’t really think displaying “what serial killer” results are good on a permanent page—they belong in notes or blog posts, not on the profile itself.

It frequently surprises me how many people plaster their profile with every app they add, both pointless and distracting at best, and can cause problems at worse. As this guy found out.

@ Matthew (again): at my first conference, several people came up to say hello because they’d seen my picture here and on Facebook. People congratulate you on your taste and thank you for your recommendation and it bothers you? That’s a good thing, surely?

Of course the councillor should not have been disciplined for having some harmless fun. The fact that he has does further damage to this country’s political process. Nobody in their right minds would want to be governed by the type of automata the press seem to want politicians to be.

Respectable, but unknown people bounded up to me and said: “I’ve seen you on Facebook… and I read the book you recomended; …I saw that film you have in your favourites; …I’m really impressed with your recent garden landscaping, can I have the number of your garderner”.

I joined Facebook for a laugh, but now am horrified that my every move can be measured.

But maybe it was the visiting speaker from London Town who exclaimed unprompted… “I’m rather disapointed Matthew you haven’t accepted my friend request”