What are your plans, tonight?

If you’re not sure, the answer could be as close as your Facebook page!  Everyone’s favorite social networking site is test running a new feature, designed to help you fill your social schedule.

It’s called “Suggested Events,” and it – well – suggests events that you may enjoy based on activities that you’ve taken part in previously.  For example – if you’ve been to a particular night club and have checked in using your Facebook account – then Facebook will notify you when the same venue has a new event coming up.  The idea is to create a profile based on each person’s tastes, preferences, and past excursions – making it easier to predict the type of upcoming events that one might be interested in.

Many critics of social networking say that people are spending more time online than they are socializing face-to-face with others.  Ironically, if Facebook’s latest feature takes off, it could encourage users to leave the comfortable glow of their computer screen and venture out into the real world.