Facebook Charging $9.99 For Service?

It's one of the oldest tricks in the internet book. Someone posts a link or a story that appears to say that a certain site that was previously free is now going to be a pay site. Typically, these stories revolve around sites that are particularly popular, and Facebook has had more than its share of "the sky is falling" hoaxes since its inception. Facebook fees? The first thing that has to be taken into consideration is the fact that Facebook makes money (and a lot of money, at that) on ad placement and business revenue. You know those advertisements on the left or the right of your screen when you log in? Those are what makes Facebook money, not charging its users.

A Facebook fee would be one of the ultimate follies in the internet world, regardless of how it was carried out. The truth is, users won't be interested in paying a Facebook fee particularly since they know that the company is making money without one.

This would be similar in many ways to CNN charging viewers to listen to their anchors. It just ain't gonna happen. Here's what's behind it. Even if a very small percentage of the people on Facebook actually click on the feed, that feed is logged as a click. It redirects you to another site that is an advertisement. The advertiser then pays the person who posted that feed a fee for every time someone clicks on the feed. Is it a scam? Maybe, but it seems for the most part legit. You're the one who clicked on it after all, and some people might even be interested in what that ad ends up selling.

Even PC World has said recently that these types of hoaxes are all too common. Maybe then it's time for the hoaxers to think up something new. Really, it is getting pretty old. Even without charging a membership fee, Facebook is one of the top grossing companies in the world right now. When you figure in the Netflix debacle, Facebook charging its users to post when they've decided to brush their teeth at night is business suicide. After all, it didn't take very long for people to migrate away from MySpace, did it. How long would it be before another social media application popped up? Ten minutes? Probably less, to be honest. So, Facebook charging for use- not gonna happen. They're not that dumb. For your own edification, avoid clicking on those Facebook charging hoaxes that show up in your feed and stop putting cash in the pockets of the hoaxters. Let 'em find real jobs like the rest of us.