Partly because of running into so many Mudcatters at the demo about licensing in London on Monday, I started thinking about the "Members Photos" and "Members Profiles" you find if you click on "Members Photos and Info" under Quick Links on the front page of the forum.

And the question that puzzles me is, why do so few of us stick anything in them? Especially photos.

Is it modesty? Or fear we might run into someone we don't want to run into and be recognised? Or just a sense that it is better not to give too much away just in case something comes up that we aren't sure of that might make us regret it?

I suppose equally someone could ask the question the other way round. Is it showing off? Or hope we might run unto someone we want to run into and be recognised? Or just a sense that it is better not be open about things generally, just in case something comes up that we aren't sure of that might make us regret not being open?

Maybe it's a sort of "Is that glass half empty or half full?" thing.

And are we more or less likely to flame other people or get flamed if they have put their faces on the the line, or we have put ours up there? Or doesn't it make any difference?