$14.95 charge to use Facebook???

[coachsomer]

Googled this and there seems to be a rumor about starting this charge as soon as this July.
I know I'm not going to pay this.
enjoy facebook as much as you can for now.

 

[bluecruiser]

Any time you see a rumor like this, www.snopes.com is an excellent site to check it out.
Facebook Charges - status = FALSE

 

[FireDancer]

The only way there will ever be a charge for Facebook is if there is a freemium model for the enterprise.

The rumors are at best inaccurate and at worst fear mongering.

 

[kafitty]

they will never charge for Facebook, ever, period.

The overhead for running that site is minimal, and they get TONS (and i mean TONS) of money for advertising. Advertisers can target key demographics based on user's information, AND cross-reference with any online activity the user has linked with Facebook - purchases, browsing history, even interactions with other users. That information is invaluable to producers, and they pay for it big time.

Facebook does not have a monopoly on social networking - but they have proven that they do it best, and were lucky enough to beat out Myspace because of that. If they started charging, people would simply use another social networking site, and once that site started gaining popularity, it would create a snowball effect - most people join these sites because their friends use them.

It simply would not be a smart business move for them. Not now, not ever. And i will happily eat my words if i am wrong, hahah.

 

[WebmasterJohn]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

 

[rhyeck]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

Thank goodness I'm a DOG person.......

 

[sjsjbrook]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

phewww, I am allergic to cats,

 

[dpuck1998]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

Ohh man, Teresa will go broke!

 

[Stacy's a freak]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

And charge double for those silly cat posters with the phonetic spellings like ...

 

[wishspirit]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

Poor Teresa!

 

[catycatcat4]

I thought that it was obviously a rumor! same thing has gone around for a long time every time the month it is subpost to happen passes the rumor changes to another month.

 

[disneydad78]

Thank goodness I'm a DOG person.......

I HATE cats,,,they are stupid and make your house stink!!! That should start a war,,,

 

[Cyrano]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

I think we know a certain person who will be really out of pocket

 

[Dodie]

I heard they were going to charge per cat picture posted...............

BAZINGA!

 

[mikelan6]

Facebook is a fad anyway. I wonder how much longer it's going to last.

 

[Golf4food]

Facebook is a fad anyway. I wonder how much longer it's going to last.

It will continue to last until something better replaces it. If nothing better comes along Facebook will stay in some form or another, I believe. It keeps people connected so easily from all around the world and there's no other popular site out there that can come close in terms of mass appeal.

 

[dpuck1998]

Facebook is a fad anyway. I wonder how much longer it's going to last.

I keep saying that about the internet. But I hear they have it on computers now!

 

[FireDancer]

Facebook is a fad anyway. I wonder how much longer it's going to last.

That is what I keep saying. Its like the automobile, telephone, and electricity. All flash in the pan...here one day, gone the next.

But, in all seriousness, Facebook passed up Google as the most visited site on the Interwebs for the week ending March 13. It won't be able to consistently out rank Google but to do it for an entire week is pretty significant. Article here.

I keep saying that about the internet. But I hear they have it on computers now!

Have you confirmed this on Snopes? I'm calling shenanigans.

 

[sshaw10060]

Mike is correct. Facebook's zeitgeist will pass sooner rather and than later and it will be replaced by something newer and maybe better. Remember Prodigy? What will not pass is the influence social networking will have on society it will continue to evolve, but is here to stay.