[LINK] Facebok charging.....

[Paul Bolger]

People who are silly enough to give intimate details of their lives to
a giant, secretive, corporation to do with whatever it likes may also
be silly enough to pay for the privilege. Not that unreasonable
really. I suspect that this is really aimed at those business FB users
who are using FB as their main web presence. $2 might be seen as cheap
to lift your visibility a bit.

On 11 May 2012 22:34, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at janwhitaker.com> wrote:
> [and so it begins}
> http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-starts-charging-users-to-highlight-posts-20120511-1yhof.html
>
> Facebook is considering charging its members $US2 ($1.98) to
> "highlight" important posts so they are more visible on the social
> networking site.
>
> The feature is being trialled and was chanced across by a Facebook
> user in Whangarei, New Zealand, who initially assumed it might be a scam.
>
> However, Facebook spokeswoman Mia Garlick confirmed it was a new
> "feature" it was testing.
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>
> "We're constantly testing new features across the site. This
> particular test is simply to gauge people's interest in this method
> of sharing with their friends," she said.
>
> Facebook was trialling the feature at a range of different price
> points, including offering it "free", she said. This means that
> during the trial members may be asked to different amounts, or
> nothing, to use it.
>
> [snip
> more at the link]
>
>
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