The perils of Facebook!

I love Facebook - well, maybe 'love' is a strong word but I can truthfully say it takes up a lot of my time!

Now I've recently been considering doing a Facebook Detox or shock horror, deleting it altogether but I somehow can't bring myself to just yet. Facebook has put me back in touch with old school friends and university friends and since I'm a big fan of other peoples business, I get to be nosey whenever I like!

Now the one thing that, to me, has spoiled the whole charm of Facebook are the endless applications. Some of them are fun, some are totally mad and quite frankly some are downright pathetic. I draw my attention for this rant to the latter - the pathetic.

Hot or Not? Would you DO me? Would you date me? Rate Me, Would you kiss me, How good am I in bed?, What sort of kisser am I................this list goes on and on and on.

Now some are funny but lets face it, you see all those applications on one persons page and you think one thing - arrogant bastard! Has Facebook suddenly become a dating service? Is it used purely to feed the egos of those who, quite frankly have more ego than they deserve anyway?

Now I admit I have succumbed to a few of these applications just to see what they're about and then been so ashamed and mortified that I've deleted them instantly. Then there are the ones that you never signed up to but seem to have anyway - what the hell is 'Zoosk' and why do people keep saying 'wink wink' to me? Is this the way people date these days? If so I'm abstaining until the traditional way comes back into fashion!!!

And what is 'Owned'? Another application I seem to have acquired and don't know how to get rid of! Strangers keep bidding on me - people I don't even know - one of them is female so if she's reading this blog - sorry love, your barking up the wrong tree!!!

So I'll continue to click 'ignore' and 'reject' on these applications and will keep deleting the regular spam that comes through on a daily basis, most of which could be passed off as porn. I think however it will take some time until I stop going up to people and asking "are you ...........? I'm sure I've seen you on ............'s facebook page"!!!!!