Social Networking is still free – but they are working hard to find ways in which they can make you pay whilst still being the ‘leader’ in what they give. After all, the only way to sustain this model is to find someone who will pay for the armies of computers and people needed to run them.

Interestingly, the games on things such as Facebook, do have payment mechanisms in place – although they all offer you the basic game for free. The social networking sites must be looking at them with some envy, if, indeed, anyone pays for their games. However, I know that some people do.

To be honest, there must be a whole wealth of surveys and investigations into these that, I feel, hasn’t been done yet (or maybe it is being done right now).

But it would make for an interesting (if long) conversation, for sure.

I’m not shown as ‘online’, which is good, but I am shown as one of ‘Today’s Matches’ – even if I stopped my subscription and don’t go online. So I think this is where the profile visits come from.

Which just shows us that Today’s Matches are of no use whatsoever – I never did take any notice of them anyway, always preferring to see those online – i.e. those who were actively looking.

Still, it was good to check