Want a chat? Happy to chat facebook page launched

Happy to Chat

Back in January Yate Town Council launched its ' Happy to Chat' benches across town to help tackle loniness and isolation. Now it has launched a Happy to Chat facebook page for anyone who just wants a natter.

The Town Council posted an explanation on facebook page yesterday "Our Happy to Chat Page is always sharing good news stories, fun games and all things positive✨🌈

The aim of the page is to keep us all connected in these uncertain times 🔗

Yate Town Council started our Happy to Chat Bench initiative earlier this year, as the current situation has brought social distancing to our lives we have come up with the Happy to Chat Page to keep us all chatting and connected virtually.

Please Like and share The Happy to Chat Page

Lets get as many people as possible involved 🗣

https://www.facebook.com/happytochatpage/

Steve Webb's back on Facebook

We're glad to see that Steve Webb's Facebook page has now returned. Let's hope it stays that way. Thank you to everyone that contacted Facebook, and thank you also to the person at Facebook who decided to reinstate the account.

For those that don't know what this is about, Facebook is an online networking system that many young (and not so young) people use. Steve had more than 2500 contacts on there, and many of them used it to raise problems with Steve - education, buses, housing, you name it.

Two minutes on the site would have shown Facebook that it wasn't a fake. Let's hope they'll be more careful next time.

If you're on Facebook you can see Steve's Facebook page here - if not, you would need to register.

Of course Steve's blog is still at http://www.webbsteve.blogspot.com/ and his website is http://www.stevewebb.org.uk/.

Steve Webb and Facebook - update

I have just emailed Facebook as follows:

"Please restore Steve Webb MP's facebook account

I was very disturbed to learn that the Facebook account of Steve Webb MP - a member of the UK Parliament - has been removed because you believe that his site is a fake, and that it is a breach of your rules not to give a genuine first name and last name.

I can assure you that Steve's site is genuine. He is a colleague and a friend of mine. If you don't restore his site you risk extremely adverse national and international publicity for something which looks like political censorship, but may of course only be an error on your part. It's already spreading through the blogosphere. Please act before it is too late to avoid unfortunate publicity for your otherwise excellent service."

If you are on Facebook please do something similar - you can find the messaging link under Help / Signup and login problems / Write us a message - and also join the Facebook group Steve Webb is real!

Paul Hulbert

Facebook delete Steve Webb and say he's "not real"

Social Networking site Facebook has deleted Steve Webb MP's account saying that his site site is a fake and that it is a breach of their rules not to give a genuine first name and last name.

Looks like they just couldn't believe that a local MP would have 2500 Facebook friends!

There's a new Facebook group Steve Webb is real! - please join it.

You can read Steve's full story about it at his blog here.