Zombies, pokes and super walls have, sadly, become a part of everyday life now.
Barely a day goes by without a Facebook story appearing in the press, which begs the question - when will it all end?
Already there is talk of an increase in the number of people deleting their profiles (an act known, somewhat dramatically, as a facebook suicide). But even though we've all been tempted to kill our profiles, there is an incredible voyeuristic element to the site it's hard to leave behind.
However, help may be at hand from an unlikely source - Microsoft. The news today that the Bill Gates behemoth is considering buying a share in the site could be a blessing in disguise.
One of the problems Facebook has had is that it's actually quite tough to make money from it. Increasing the size and number of adverts simply annoys people, as does the horrific mass of add ons people now seem to be compelled to add to their page. And if there's one thing Microsoft is good at (have you ever used Hotmail?) it is cramming as many adverts on a page as possible. Yesterday it redesigned its flagship portal, MSN, which seems to amount to shoving a massive expanding ad in the centre of the page then putting the odd link and story around it.
Yet I for one welcome their interest in Facebook. For the good of humanity, Gates should be given the keys to their no doubt trendy loft style office immediately. Shove a few dozen more ads in there and maybe, just maybe, the hordes will leave and my inbox won't be bombarded every morning with the thrilling news some PR person I once drunkenly met in a club has been bitten by a zombie.

Apple's announcement that it is to begin selling its iPhone in the UK on November the 9th has left the gadget obsessive (such as myself) with a major dilemma - do you buy a US model now, or wait?
The argument is complex.
Importing a US version requires you to install a small piece of (highly unapproved) software before it will work on a UK phone network. This is a relatively easy task, but leaves you open to future problems. In a nutshell, when Apple next updates the iPhone's software, chances are it will kill your phone as it tries to protect it's hugely lucrative exclusive deals with phone networks.
However, as Apple boss Steve Jobs admitted last week at the iPhone's UK launch, the chances are that within days hackers will have cracked the phone again in a hi-tech game of cat and mouse.
The official UK O2 approved model, on the other hand, will work perfectly straight out of the box, and even give you free access to wireless internet hotspots across the UK. However, you will be locked in O2's contract (paying between £35 and £55 per month), which while actually a pretty good deal, will involve changing networks for many people.
The answer? It's a tough one, and one that really seperates the nerds from the consumers.
Ultimately, importing an iPhone will require a reasonable technical knowledge.
For the average buyer, the answer is simple - just wait until November 9th, and buy the official UK version. That said, I'm putting my faith in the hackers. My US iPhone is currently winging its way over the Atlantic from a friend in New York. Perhaps it is just an admission my gadget obsession has got out of hand, but I'm actually looking forward to the tussle of tweaking the phone to keep it one step ahead of Apple's corporate crackdown.

Mark Prigg is the Evening Standard's Science and Technology Correspondent. He writes about everything from flooding, foot and mouth and space travel to the latest must have gadgets. You can contact him a mark.prigg@standard.co.uk.