Another great moment in the history of democracy. After the Arab Spring, here comes the Facebook "dislike" button.

Mark Zuckerberg revealed this week that his social media site is testing alternatives to its "like" button. It probably won't call it a "dislike" button actually. It's meant to be something you can press when the like button is not appropriate. Natural disasters, family bereavements, the news that Chris Moyles has a new job. That kind of thing probably.

Will that stop Facebookers adapting it to their nefarious ends, though? There are some days when social media can feel like some kind of digital bear pit full of half-starved grizzlies with sore heads and trigger hair tempers.

Which makes me think I've missed something? Is having angry opinions about everything compulsory now. Did I miss a memo?

Of course I have opinions. Maybe prejudices might be the better word. In general I am not in favour of David Cameron, the use of the word "feminazi", Jeremy Kyle, Chris Evans (the DJ not the actor, though I am open to persuasion), factory farming and Brussels sprouts. And clearly I am in the right about every single one of those things. Let's take that as read, shall we?

And yes, I get worked up about politics as much as the next man or woman or Daily Mail front page. You can find me cursing at the TV news on most nights. Usually when Jeremy Hunt is on the screen.

But beyond that, sometimes I have to admit I just don't have strong opinions that need sharing with the rest of the world. Sometimes I neither like nor dislike. Sometimes I both like and dislike. Sometimes it's not about either/or, it's more both and neither. And sometimes it is none of the above.

Fact is, even if I put my mind to it I simply don't have anything to say about Kim Kardashian's selfies, Prince Harry's ginger beard, or the latest upside down cake challenge on Great British Bake Off. I don't think it matters what suits Jeremy Corbyn wears, what football team the Prime Minister supports this week (though I reserve the right to laugh when he gets it wrong), or who's just been voted off Celebrity Big Brother.

I'm starting to worry that it means I'm missing something, though. Who's to say that in the new age of Digital Darwinism that the people without opinions will be left behind? In years to come when they find our online detritus future people will declare "Here is Homo Inoffensis and s/he has no Facebook likes or dislikes to his or her name. Clearly they didn't matter very much."