Facebook has had a facelift – it’s in test phase and can be viewed by logging onto New Facebook

Don’t panic! It’s just a trial and you can click back into the old style FB. This is a chance for bosses to ask the democracy of publishers what they think.

Feedback has been mixed. Check out the surge of members to this anti-newFB group People against the New Facebook System but then – who likes change?

The interesting question is if FB isn’t broke – why fix it? The biggest threat to FB remains boredom. One day we might all get fed up with the status quo and start getting our kicks elsewhere (Friends Reunited anyone?). So, are the changes purely to keep us motivated?

Or is it that the wider columns allow for more prominent advertising space. A sign that FB could become the marketing channel of the future?

Certainly navigation is easier, the lack of borders and the wider columns makes everything feel a bit unwieldy but manageable. Irritating zombie, pirate and Disney apps have all been pushed onto a separate page and the integration of the news feed and wall feature makes it a ‘one stop shop’ for news catch-ups.

There are glitches, but FB assure us they’re listening and the more I play with it - the more I like it.

Now the wealth of rubbish that littered both my own home page and those of my friends has been removed and I can get right down to business - catching up on the stories of life.

Expect a drop off in numbers as those who don’t get the Book drop away, but hardcore lovers will embrace the changes, advertising and all - until we all get fedup and move onto the next big thing.

Today Bebo offers you the chance to reach across the galaxies as they prepare to send a message from ‘we the little people’ into outer space.

Conceived by Oli Madgett of RDF Digital, the project claims to be the first to democratically select content to be transmitted into space.

The 500 messages voted on here won’t reach the target planet until 2029.

The media love the story, with radio devoting airplay to ask listeners to share their ideas and demonstrating the power of a well thought out Bebo group, backed by celeb endorsers can make interesting news to the target market.

Suggestions today range from messages of peace and snaps of fish&chips to music tracks from the Beatles (let’s hope windows media player doesn’t crash when they try and open it) and famous quotes from literature.

The Message From Earth project launches on August 4, and web voting will take place between August 4 and September 30.

Just a quick apology to anybody’s who’s tried to email Democracy Towers in the past couple of days, as our hosting company’s experienced what could only be described as, well, a meltdown.

The email AND web servers - and their respective back-ups - both went the way of the dodo, leaving us wondering whether the Gremlins from that really annoying BT advert with Peter “Dragons’ Den” Jones had been moonlighting.

Anyway, we’re promised that things are now back to normal. And rest-assured, steps are being taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again.