Comments on: Is Facebook looking to charge a fee?

By: s hamilton

s hamilton — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:32:54 +0000

i have to say i dont blame facebook for wanting to charge after all a business exists to turn a profit and not to provide a free service. I think it would be healthy for facebook to charge a fee shedding hords of users. i think people are becoming too dependent on social networking as their only form of human interaction. suddengly out of nowhere facebook has evolved into a birth right. but if that were to happen a younger fresher startup social network would take its place and then soon learn shortly after that you can’t run such a overhead by selling small 1/4 page ad banners on the right hand side of the page. if people really wanted to keep their facebook they would purchase products from time to time that are advertised in those ads as support and a token of appreciation to facebook. in turn facebook would be allowed to charge more for that ad space and the people would have plenty of t-shirts with dumb sayings on them. the ads within facebook are so discrete and almost invisible. if they were smart they would be doing opo ups or banner ads that run across the top of the window. we all need to make money, business aren’t any different.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:25:43 +0000

Yeah, make the effort, meet your friends in person!! far better

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:58:32 +0000

Fee me please; cessation of my addiction would be wonderful.

By: Twila McKinney

Twila McKinney — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:11:01 +0000

haha.. facebook charging.. who cares.. another site will become the next go to spot.. if they charge then most folks will just move on to the next site.. lol

By: history

history — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:28:27 +0000

It’s the old business application the banks used in western history. Give free accounts, store your money and charge you fees. Best options for a free client~ keep your freedom in place and move.
Check for security agreements and how much of your information you actually own.
Per e.g. facebook has absolute rights to your photos, and other information you have supplied.
Mark Zuckerberg, is not a generous person. There is a reason why he created this site, also try to see who gave him seed money or startup funds for this huge international project.
Try to see outside the bigger box.
Nothing is free from someone that went to Harvard!
He mastered the ability to make money at any cost.
History

By: sue kelly

sue kelly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:00:37 +0000

People might have to go back to actually talking on the phone or in person!!

By: jordaine

jordaine — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:21:57 +0000

i hope it starts charging lol stop some of you idiots being so obsessed.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:13:15 +0000

It was a small comment. Facebook is now worth over 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS. I doubt they would charge. But I would pay anyway because there are are a lot of social networks, but not all of my friends and family will use the same one. So it would be inconvenient to have to log into 20 different websites to communicate with people.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:49:34 +0000

Here’s one solution.. offer a “free account” and a “premium account”.. the free one is just like it is today, while the premium $4/mo would add lots of great new features and control. If the $4 was a choice, heck, I might even pay it.

By: Howard Sallee

Howard Sallee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:47:38 +0000

Classmates.com used to be free and Reunion.com used to be free. Netzero used to be free, too. So, it makes sense that, after garnering a large body of fans that Facebook would start charging. How much they charge and how much control a person has in his or her page would determine if I would stay. I like it, but I can certainly live without it.