Face to face with Facebook

It took four hours to get home from London on Tuesday, a journey that normally takes 60 minutes. A signal failure near Kings Cross meant that no trains could enter or leave the station. When eventually we did get on a moving train, it was so crowded it made a cattle truck seem like first class accommodation.

Anyway, it didn't spoil the day which began with a meeting - and lunch - to discuss our forthcoming Facebook group. I won't kid you. Facebook, MySpace - even Friends Reunited (remember that?) - have all passed me by. Other people however have convinced me that what The Free Society needs is a Facebook group that links to lots of other Facebook groups. I am told that it will help drive traffic to our website and encourage more people aged 25-45 to play an active role in our campaign, either online or by attending our events.

The group will be launched next month, following the launch of The Free Society website on February 4. This in turn will be followed by one or more Free Society events when we will test the water to see if publicising events on Facebook actually works. Details to follow.