This week, I've handed my blog over to Casey Bird, a student of Advertising at the University of Gloucestershire. Having listened to Don Tapscott's stereotyping 'young people' last week, I found her piece very interesting....

Facebook started as a website connecting students, enabling them to keep in touch and chat. However, as a student, the appeal of using this website for what it was originally designed for, has worn off.

I am considering deleting it. Why? I feel robbed. It is officially 'uncool' to have Facebook.

My friends and I refuse to go on Facebook, as our mums and dads check up on what we're up to and my privacy is beginning to suffer. With Facebook nothing in life is kept private, from relationship status to favourite book.

Are middle aged people simply jumping on the bandwagon? I understand that they want to keep up with photos of their families and friends, but is Facebook the only way?

Facebook has lost the plot; it was designed for students communicating.  It should be used to arrange a drink with friends but has turned into a stalker's heaven. And now with new applications being added weekly, like Botox trying to look younger, it has lost its simplicity, which is what I loved about it.

Nobody wants to know that Louise Judson is relaxing after a hard day at work. I also don't want to see my Dad's drunken antics splashed over my Facebook on a Monday morning and vice versa! You might as well be out with your mum and dad on Friday night for all Facebook's worth.

Poking, super poking and throwing a sheep at someone is not cool, especially when your parents do it. The Facebook ship has truly sailed. Goodbye to my 600 virtual 'friends', I'm going to meet my 10 real friends in the pub.