Will we have to start paying for Facebook? £14.99 a month is what the rumours are claiming. Because of Facebook's huge popularity, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and chief) is getting a lot of offers from people wanting to buy Facebook - people who will turn it into a paysite. There is no doubt that if Facebook users are told they have to pay to use the site there is going to be some angry people. If this was the case earlier on then people might just say well if Facebook is making us pay then we can just use Bebo but seen as Bebo is going bye bye's the only other option is sites such as myspace and Twitter which arent as nearly popular. Facebook holds over 400 million users making them pay £14.99 a month is going to reduce that extremely. Facebook which end up the same as Bebo. Closing down. And people will not be happy with that. This is all just one rumour anyway but apparantly. A spokesman from Facebook said " We have no plans to make users pay for the use of Facebook. Facebook is a free social networking site". We can't exactly call this go by this untill we know the truth. Becuase similar groups dedicated to spreading the message that Facebook is charging soon has also sprung up. Why can't Facebook users just get a straight answer so they know where they stand?
I recently just joined Facebook due to Bebo closing down, and it is far the best social networking site around. Making me pay for it will no make me a happy chappy. I don't know what i'd do probably stick to msn. I have no interest in Twitter and Myspace been there done that and didn't like it. Hopefully Facebook don't charge then we shall all be happy and Facebook will carry on being the lead social networking site.
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there are persistent rumours about Facebook charging but are they not just viral mischief?
ReplyDeleteWith the number of active users they can charge more on the facebook advertising rate card, so why would they decimate the numbers who are registered, and thereby the principal source of income?