No, Facebook Is Not Going To Charge For Their Site

-Pay Here Image- There have been numerous rumors over the past few years about Facebook charging for their site. None of them have been true so far and none of them will be true. Yes, Facebook could theoretically charge for specific features, but the $4.99 a month fee that some groups are claiming are flat out inaccurate. The largest group which grew to over 100,000 users was quickly removed by Facebook, however new versions of the group are beginning to sprout up.

Yesterday I received multiple inquiries from people, including journalists, about whether the rumors of Facebook charging a fee were true. No, the rumors are not. Did I call Facebook to find out whether or not the rumors were true? No. I just know that Facebook would be shooting themselves in the foot by charging for access. Want to keep investigating the story further? You’ll be wasting your time.

Facebook didn’t become the most popular site in the U.S. on Christmas by charging for their service, and they aren’t going to become the largest site in the world by charging for their service. Facebook will begin charging for access on the same day Google decides to charge users on a per search basis. Every year there are multiple groups claiming that Facebook will soon begin charging for their service in an attempt to get thousands if not millions of users to join quickly.

While Facebook has plenty of other monetization plans, including the rapid expansion of the Facebook Credits system, none of those plans include a fee-based access model.

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940451 Comments2009-12-29+16%3A36%3A58Nick+O%27Neill »

The original group was a scam to deliver malware. (Apparently the reason why Facebook removed it, not because of objection to policy discussion)

there are other follow-on groups that are by well-meaning (but clueless) individuals protesting what they think is a real thing.

http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/28/133000-member-fa...

Comment by Charles — December 29, 2009 @ 8:18 am
If Facebook were to switch to a pay system, would they be able to recover from their losses? Everyone uses it because it's popular and it's free!

Comment by mattkendrick.com — December 29, 2009 @ 9:36 am
I'd be willing to pay if such a model gave me more features (like text formatting in wall post, embedding videos and photos into my notes, etc.), more control over my account, more control over what info applications can acess and no ads! Sign me up!!!!

Comment by Clay Woolfork, Sr — December 29, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
So let’s look at some of the benefits of a pay system.

With Google, I’d be happy to pay a per-search fee because it would mean that I could get ad-free searches. That would be nice because it would increase my confidence that the searches were unbiased.

With Facebook, I’d pay a monthly fee not only to get rid of the ads but also to be flagged as a “Premium” member. As long as Facebook accounts are free, spammers can generate fake accounts and send me garbage messages. But if an account costs a few bucks a month and I can filter my mail like this: “Only Accept mail from non-friends (strangers) if they are Premium Members and their account is more than 3 months old”. This would prevent spammers from sending me garbage because their cost of sending mail is no longer free.

In each of these examples, the presence of a Pay-Model actually becomes a positive feature.

I suspect that IF this were to happen, the pay-model would initially be optional but they would slowly turn up the heat over the course of a few years making the paid model more and more attractive – even necessary.

I don’t think these people and journalists are as blatantly wrong as you think.

Comment by Eric Tully — December 29, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
if it not free…i will not joint it..truely facebook is a medium for me to connect to my friend over the world…

Comment by whose — December 29, 2009 @ 3:13 pm
If Facebook were to switch to a pay system, would they be able to recover from their losses? Everyone uses it because it’s popular and it’s free!

Comment by murat bilgili — December 29, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
I don't have a problem with garbage messages! I certainly wouldn't pay to access Facebook I would move to a free site such as MySpace or even create a free webpage via some other site.

Comment by boogaloo1962 — January 1, 2010 @ 5:02 am
Facebook's main source of income are their ads, just like Google's. If they charged a fee for using their website, Facebook would lose users therefor less people to advertise to and less cash from ads. That would be just silly.

Comment by Ivan — January 1, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
I would like someone to please confirm if this is true or not. I appreciate this message Nick but I think most people will want to either confirm it or have it disproved once and for all. I don't know how to directly reach them myself or else I would and I would personally send it to all groups that are speculating otherwise. I just want to confirm if it is true or not. No more guessing.

Comment by Facebook User — January 2, 2010 @ 11:42 am
For the past years now,facebook as been more effective&collective.if they now think of charging,there’re more sites pple ‘ll log into,so there4 i think its not gonna help,cos billions of pple re more aware of these particular sites

Comment by Temitope — January 4, 2010 @ 12:54 am
comes on guys this is BS, facebook is worth like what now, 30 billion dollars? as if they need any money…. if a minimum of 50 million usres are left with the fee that would make 250 million dollars a month… bit greedy dont you think?

Comment by enis — January 4, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
They would go the way of the newpaper. Papers use to print stories as a side to stuff advertisements,which were their main source of income. When they started charging for newspapers, they began shooting themselves in the foot. But, google and facebook on the other hand offer something free and shove ads down your throat. which is all fine and good, remember free tv, commercials yup. It's all about the money. Facebook is doing it right by not charging. They get the people-numbers to boast to their perspective advertisers and the buck start roll'n in. They know that even if a few decide to pay, the numbers would drop so bad that no one would see the need to adverstise on facebook.

NOW, somebody need to do something about cable/pay TV and all their ads, I don't like paying to watch advertisements.

Comment by Johnny — January 6, 2010 @ 5:23 pm
I am so glad facebook isnt goig to charge has i am serverly disabled so facebook is a lifeline because its the nly i can make friends

Comment by Denise lang — January 11, 2010 @ 7:42 am
I use this site very little! If it's going to cost, kiss my ___ good-bye. Not worth it to me! If they don't raise rates I'll still be here. It must be the American way to sucker you in and then raise rates if this were true. Not for me. Happens with almost every free site eventually. I might have been more interested, but it appears we might have to pay for this site sooner or later. Write me letters if that happens. The U.S.P.S. needs the money! If this doesn't increase I'll still be here. Good Luck Facebook, hope you make a wise decision.

Comment by Steve Foreman — January 17, 2010 @ 5:30 am
actually during an interview with the creator of FB he said that they are not making enough money but he didnt say yes or no to the question. so it would seem by him saying they arent making enough money that they are definatly considering charging a fee.

also the new privacy changes are a MAJOR JOKE

Comment by aley — January 18, 2010 @ 12:09 pm
just because they are worth alot doesnt mean they will be less greedy. in fact they would be greedier since when ppl start making a lot of money all they want it more more more

Comment by aley — January 18, 2010 @ 12:13 pm
There are no possibilities that they would be charging for service. It would make the vast majority of users leave and facebook would eventually become bankrupt due to the lack of visitors.

Comment by Dylan — January 19, 2010 @ 3:30 pm
I'm going to start a completely unfounded rumour and then get everybody to waste their time discussing it. Here we go;

Myspace will soon start paying people to join.

Comment by AR — January 21, 2010 @ 2:17 am
Facebook will never charge for membership and here is why. Everyone talking about willing to pay to be some sort of 'premium' member….come on LOOK AT THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS. You think you can pay facebook 4 or 5 dollars a month and they will stop advertising on your page?! Do you have any idea how much facebook makes from ADs on their site. That is how FB makes money and the more people on facebook the more they can charge companies to advertise on their pages. So the last thing facebook would EVER want to do is 1. limit the number of members on their site and thereby lowering amounts they could charge advertisers or 2. EVER creating a site that had no ads on specific pages.

SO FB would lose money by charging.

Comment by Sarah — January 23, 2010 @ 10:09 am
I would leave..I cannot afford it and neither can others.I will not be alone on this. I pay for internet already…I don't think so. I will go to different social sites that spring up until they start charging,and then I'll leave.I'll contact people somewhere else..People atr on Facebook cause it's free..greed,greed. If they think because there is so many people on there now,and think they snaged paying customers,they've gotta a big suprize if they try and charge…

Comment by KATHY =( ^-^ )= — January 24, 2010 @ 3:07 am
I would not want to see Facebook charge a membership. In this economy, it is nice that sites like this, that you can keep in touch with others, is free. I would have to leave cause I won't pay for it. Hopefully it won't happen and it's just a rumor that seems to circulate periodically.

Comment by audrey Muratore — January 24, 2010 @ 2:52 pm
I think Facebook should charge money…that way it could weed out some of the the harm that is causes to families….

I lost my husband to Facebook…due to his "new relationships" with these people of the past….Affairs started like crazy….and before Facebook…he was normal, loving husband….I thought our life was perfect..but I was wrong… Facebook changed my world forever in a negative way….I lost my husband who I still love dearly…..but he chose the sins of Facebook over me. Why do people act like cheap sluts on Facebook? I will never understand….

But Thanks Facebook…..For destroying my life.

Comment by Allison — January 26, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
allison, you need to get a grip on REALITY!!!!!

Comment by christopher — January 28, 2010 @ 11:59 am
Christopher, I agree too… Allison, you really need to get a grip. Facebook was NOT the reason your husband was "looking around." In fact, to be honest, Facebook was simply a vehicle he used to get what he wanted. If you proceed into future relationships thinking the way you do, the only way to preserve your future partner would be to lock him in a pit…

As for Facebook charging a fee. Well, there are multiple angles and I believe Facebook could offer a free service and a premium service too. That way, get people hooked on the free service and allow them to step up to the premium. If the premium does not work for the individual, then allow a step back to the free (only loosing the premium benefits). Facebook has become the leader in social networking, as Google has become the leader in search engines. I tip my hat to Facebook…

If Facebook does decide to charge, well, I am not going to remain. I have a life that does not revolve around Facebook. Now, I am off to Facebook in search of other lonely people…possibly Allison's ex-husband. Allison, as for sins you mentioned, I am still laughing, "Forgive me father for I have sinned, I have Facebook'd."

Good day all!

Comment by Innocent One — January 29, 2010 @ 9:33 am
It is understandable why people would want to pay for their advertisments. People pay for Cable TV that is inundated with advertisments. That doesn't make them bright people. It makes them market place consumers. And we all know how well that has worked out. Credit card anyone?

Facebook isn't that dumb, that is why they are where they are.

Comment by Lou — January 31, 2010 @ 6:44 am
One time payment of less than USD20.00 is ok. but monthly payment is not ok

Comment by Nash — February 2, 2010 @ 5:53 pm
First of all stating that facebook won't charge for their site because it's a bad business decision is ludicrous. They won't be the first or last company to shoot themselves in the foot because of a bad business decision.

When I first came upon one of the many polls on this topic I said that I would be more then happy to pay a moderate fee like $1 per month, which was what the poll suggested.

Since that time I have come to change my mind on the topic. A faulty roll out of yet another redesign, "live" feeds that are four hours old or refresh dropping the last few entries, and worst of all, periods where the website is just too slow to be usable, leave me spending less and less time on facebook.

As long as it's free I won't cancel my account but I would need to see a huge improvement in service to pay anything for it.

Comment by Royce Edwards — February 13, 2010 @ 6:55 am
I don't know what to believe. I enjoy the games and the friendships on Facebook very much. I can use e-mail for personal contacts but I would miss the games. I cannot afford to pay and I won't. Hope it is just another scam. Time will tell.

Comment by june Turner — February 13, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
It seems in an interview FB not answered "Yes" or "No" on question if they are charging what ever or not, I guess If not it is Ok. But If they do it would be Big mistake by them to loose vast users at a time of decision because there are not Individual ppl in that, but so many Groups in it, as In my social group are here more than 10 thsnd in linked group. after leaving groups like us facebook becomes worhless for this type of just friendship or social activity site., they should think this is not commercial site or from that ppl not making money for that they could ready to pay. I decided that I will stay and wait there till it happens and see all my friends shifted to another safe non chargeable place..

Comment by Jikesh — February 20, 2010 @ 1:20 pm
So basically Nick O'Neill your entire claim towards there being a monthly charge or not is completely factless in either direction. This is what we call a logical fallacy. I'm glad you wasted your time posting this.

Comment by Robert — February 26, 2010 @ 4:55 am
hey guys just thought id let u know i love you all…
someone cum hav sex with me

allison, i was probably the person that stole ur husband too

hes not the first one

Comment by Ganger Hussey — March 9, 2010 @ 1:18 am
I would cancel my facebook if they charged. The only reason that I use facebook is because it is free. If they started to charge I would just move over to another application that was free.

Comment by Barbara — March 21, 2010 @ 12:31 pm
I can't believe i was decived into thinking facebook was going to charged oh well i am glad they are not and i will stick with them for a long time!!!!

Comment by Matthew Gauthier — March 21, 2010 @ 12:53 pm
FLAT OUT…… AS A COLLEGE STUDENT , I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT IF THEY CHARGED… THEY NEVER WOULD

Comment by Taylor Moore — March 22, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
To alison-

I disagree that your husband was "loving and normal" before FB- but obviously after joining FB and seeing what's really out there- and how other females are truly "loving and normal"- unlike you- he then came to his senses and left you.

It wasn't FB that caused this "harm", it was you and your psychotic "sins" of mind!

How does being charged for FB have anything to do with your husband's fidelity? You make absolutely no sense in your logic of reasoning.

Also, what you took as negativity because he wised up and left you- is the best thing this man has ever done! I bet he thanks FB every waking moment for helping him find other normal sane people he could interact with, instead having to deal with you and your sick and twisted mind.

Some good advice for you…instead worrying about people not paying FB, and you're not worried about spending money- perhaps you should have been willing to pay for some sessions with Dr. Ruth, and I would recommend that you immediately seek some professional psychiatric counseling.

One last word of advice Alison- instead of spending time reading Facebook- you should start reading reading The Good Book. LOL

Judge not lest ye be judged!

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 2:42 am
LOL! To ganger hussey- cheers! That's a good one. I'll bet when you "stole" alison's hubby- he was running like the devil was chasing him- to get the hell away from that crazed FB hater.

P.S. Hey alison- don't be a hater- be a player, but now that you're all alone- I guess you'll just have to be a Master Bait ER

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 2:52 am
By the way- I didn't fall for that B.S. about FB trying to charge a monthly fee for its users. That would be counterproductive.

The latest CAUSE scam being posted on FB, has now upped the monthly fee that FB will be charging $14.99 per month. LOL!

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
umm its just been confirmed that facebook is actually going to be a pay site. Who ever the person is that is buying it and charging is really going to regret it when they see how many people they loose. For quite a while I believed after reading this site that it wasn't going to be a pay site and I was really annoyed when I found out that its been confirmed

Comment by John — April 13, 2010 @ 10:14 pm
Yes they are charging. Oh it's not your money they want, it's your life. Think 20 years from now. How much of your personal information is going to 'out there' everywhere, searchable by any search engine. Suckers.

Comment by Greg — April 23, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
They cant charge.I wouldnt pay on princiapl but facebook is supposed to be about connecting with people and breaking down social and ethnic barriers. putting a charge on facebook would furthur the gulf between us and developing countries, so people in developing countries would not have access to the "global village" (encompassing a fraction of the worlds population). The other side of the coin is that no one really gives a shit about this and money makes the world go round lol. Also thumbs up to Greg who is amoung the few pple who realisies what facebook is about.

Comment by Daniel O Keeffe — April 30, 2010 @ 5:02 am
he eric tully, you give me the money your willing to waste on useless things that you don't need. we all take advantage facebook and google cuz its free. but is it worth it? no. food, water and shelter is way more important then fbook.

and as for being a "premium member" your a douche bag.

Comment by Bob — May 3, 2010 @ 4:56 pm
after reading all of this, i doubt that its going to charge. But even if it does the whole premium member thing, i quit, because i love facebook for the idea that everyone is equal.

Comment by brian — May 5, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
Oh how I wish they would start charging for using it, so I would stop doing so

Comment by Ivan — May 13, 2010 @ 2:29 pm
John,

You are full if it. Ummmm..NO- it has never been confirmed. You are probably the asshole that started that lame ass rumor.

It is now June- ha ha proved you wrong. Don't go posting shit and starting rumors.

Comment by Wanda — June 4, 2010 @ 2:04 am
I find it absolutely ridiculous all the commenters saying they would pay to not see ads. There is a FREE plugin available for Firefox that allows you to block ads. It's called Ad Block Plus… If you are using Internet explorer, then you deserve to lose money each month for the shitty service Facebook provides.

Comment by Anonymous — June 20, 2010 @ 7:44 am
alison~you should be strong!!!

Comment by yayalin — June 20, 2010 @ 12:21 pm
I need to know what is going on with facebook and all the games you play with. I heaing rumors that you are charging i need to know the truth. Please.

Comment by Tasha — August 26, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
If facebook starts charging for thier site, I'll soon get off again. I've already been on once but because of people being so open on it I've got off. Plus I'm a cheapass.

Comment by P.J, — September 8, 2010 @ 7:10 am
Pay for facebook?, u must be having a fucking joke.

Comment by Jack — September 25, 2011 @ 12:44 pm
DON'T BLAME FACEBOOK.U NEED TO BLAME YOUR HUSBAND HE KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. AND HOW FAR TO GO .SO BLAME HIM.

Comment by BETTY WOODS — September 25, 2011 @ 1:48 pm
You didn't lose your hubby to FB. He was probably already cheating (he wasn't a "normal loving husband") and FB just made it easier. Do yourself a favor and forget the bum. And stop blaming FB – all FB did was point out a problem that already existed.

Comment by Alan — October 2, 2011 @ 7:37 pm

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The original group was a scam to deliver malware. (Apparently the reason why Facebook removed it, not because of objection to policy discussion)

there are other follow-on groups that are by well-meaning (but clueless) individuals protesting what they think is a real thing.

http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/28/133000-member-fa...

Comment by Charles — December 29, 2009 @ 8:18 am

If Facebook were to switch to a pay system, would they be able to recover from their losses? Everyone uses it because it's popular and it's free!

Comment by mattkendrick.com — December 29, 2009 @ 9:36 am

I'd be willing to pay if such a model gave me more features (like text formatting in wall post, embedding videos and photos into my notes, etc.), more control over my account, more control over what info applications can acess and no ads! Sign me up!!!!

Comment by Clay Woolfork, Sr — December 29, 2009 @ 12:23 pm

So let’s look at some of the benefits of a pay system.

With Google, I’d be happy to pay a per-search fee because it would mean that I could get ad-free searches. That would be nice because it would increase my confidence that the searches were unbiased.

With Facebook, I’d pay a monthly fee not only to get rid of the ads but also to be flagged as a “Premium” member. As long as Facebook accounts are free, spammers can generate fake accounts and send me garbage messages. But if an account costs a few bucks a month and I can filter my mail like this: “Only Accept mail from non-friends (strangers) if they are Premium Members and their account is more than 3 months old”. This would prevent spammers from sending me garbage because their cost of sending mail is no longer free.

In each of these examples, the presence of a Pay-Model actually becomes a positive feature.

I suspect that IF this were to happen, the pay-model would initially be optional but they would slowly turn up the heat over the course of a few years making the paid model more and more attractive – even necessary.

I don’t think these people and journalists are as blatantly wrong as you think.

Comment by Eric Tully — December 29, 2009 @ 12:06 pm

if it not free…i will not joint it..truely facebook is a medium for me to connect to my friend over the world…

Comment by whose — December 29, 2009 @ 3:13 pm

If Facebook were to switch to a pay system, would they be able to recover from their losses? Everyone uses it because it’s popular and it’s free!

Comment by murat bilgili — December 29, 2009 @ 3:15 pm

I don't have a problem with garbage messages! I certainly wouldn't pay to access Facebook I would move to a free site such as MySpace or even create a free webpage via some other site.

Comment by boogaloo1962 — January 1, 2010 @ 5:02 am

Facebook's main source of income are their ads, just like Google's. If they charged a fee for using their website, Facebook would lose users therefor less people to advertise to and less cash from ads. That would be just silly.

Comment by Ivan — January 1, 2010 @ 1:23 pm

I would like someone to please confirm if this is true or not. I appreciate this message Nick but I think most people will want to either confirm it or have it disproved once and for all. I don't know how to directly reach them myself or else I would and I would personally send it to all groups that are speculating otherwise. I just want to confirm if it is true or not. No more guessing.

Comment by Facebook User — January 2, 2010 @ 11:42 am

For the past years now,facebook as been more effective&collective.if they now think of charging,there’re more sites pple ‘ll log into,so there4 i think its not gonna help,cos billions of pple re more aware of these particular sites

Comment by Temitope — January 4, 2010 @ 12:54 am

comes on guys this is BS, facebook is worth like what now, 30 billion dollars? as if they need any money…. if a minimum of 50 million usres are left with the fee that would make 250 million dollars a month… bit greedy dont you think?

Comment by enis — January 4, 2010 @ 5:26 pm

They would go the way of the newpaper. Papers use to print stories as a side to stuff advertisements,which were their main source of income. When they started charging for newspapers, they began shooting themselves in the foot. But, google and facebook on the other hand offer something free and shove ads down your throat. which is all fine and good, remember free tv, commercials yup. It's all about the money. Facebook is doing it right by not charging. They get the people-numbers to boast to their perspective advertisers and the buck start roll'n in. They know that even if a few decide to pay, the numbers would drop so bad that no one would see the need to adverstise on facebook.

NOW, somebody need to do something about cable/pay TV and all their ads, I don't like paying to watch advertisements.

Comment by Johnny — January 6, 2010 @ 5:23 pm

I am so glad facebook isnt goig to charge has i am serverly disabled so facebook is a lifeline because its the nly i can make friends

Comment by Denise lang — January 11, 2010 @ 7:42 am

I use this site very little! If it's going to cost, kiss my ___ good-bye. Not worth it to me! If they don't raise rates I'll still be here. It must be the American way to sucker you in and then raise rates if this were true. Not for me. Happens with almost every free site eventually. I might have been more interested, but it appears we might have to pay for this site sooner or later. Write me letters if that happens. The U.S.P.S. needs the money! If this doesn't increase I'll still be here. Good Luck Facebook, hope you make a wise decision.

Comment by Steve Foreman — January 17, 2010 @ 5:30 am

actually during an interview with the creator of FB he said that they are not making enough money but he didnt say yes or no to the question. so it would seem by him saying they arent making enough money that they are definatly considering charging a fee.

also the new privacy changes are a MAJOR JOKE

Comment by aley — January 18, 2010 @ 12:09 pm

just because they are worth alot doesnt mean they will be less greedy. in fact they would be greedier since when ppl start making a lot of money all they want it more more more

Comment by aley — January 18, 2010 @ 12:13 pm

There are no possibilities that they would be charging for service. It would make the vast majority of users leave and facebook would eventually become bankrupt due to the lack of visitors.

Comment by Dylan — January 19, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

I'm going to start a completely unfounded rumour and then get everybody to waste their time discussing it. Here we go;

Myspace will soon start paying people to join.

Comment by AR — January 21, 2010 @ 2:17 am

Facebook will never charge for membership and here is why. Everyone talking about willing to pay to be some sort of 'premium' member….come on LOOK AT THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS. You think you can pay facebook 4 or 5 dollars a month and they will stop advertising on your page?! Do you have any idea how much facebook makes from ADs on their site. That is how FB makes money and the more people on facebook the more they can charge companies to advertise on their pages. So the last thing facebook would EVER want to do is 1. limit the number of members on their site and thereby lowering amounts they could charge advertisers or 2. EVER creating a site that had no ads on specific pages.

SO FB would lose money by charging.

Comment by Sarah — January 23, 2010 @ 10:09 am

I would leave..I cannot afford it and neither can others.I will not be alone on this. I pay for internet already…I don't think so. I will go to different social sites that spring up until they start charging,and then I'll leave.I'll contact people somewhere else..People atr on Facebook cause it's free..greed,greed. If they think because there is so many people on there now,and think they snaged paying customers,they've gotta a big suprize if they try and charge…

Comment by KATHY =( ^-^ )= — January 24, 2010 @ 3:07 am

I would not want to see Facebook charge a membership. In this economy, it is nice that sites like this, that you can keep in touch with others, is free. I would have to leave cause I won't pay for it. Hopefully it won't happen and it's just a rumor that seems to circulate periodically.

Comment by audrey Muratore — January 24, 2010 @ 2:52 pm

I think Facebook should charge money…that way it could weed out some of the the harm that is causes to families….

I lost my husband to Facebook…due to his "new relationships" with these people of the past….Affairs started like crazy….and before Facebook…he was normal, loving husband….I thought our life was perfect..but I was wrong… Facebook changed my world forever in a negative way….I lost my husband who I still love dearly…..but he chose the sins of Facebook over me. Why do people act like cheap sluts on Facebook? I will never understand….

But Thanks Facebook…..For destroying my life.

Comment by Allison — January 26, 2010 @ 8:51 pm

allison, you need to get a grip on REALITY!!!!!

Comment by christopher — January 28, 2010 @ 11:59 am

Christopher, I agree too… Allison, you really need to get a grip. Facebook was NOT the reason your husband was "looking around." In fact, to be honest, Facebook was simply a vehicle he used to get what he wanted. If you proceed into future relationships thinking the way you do, the only way to preserve your future partner would be to lock him in a pit…

As for Facebook charging a fee. Well, there are multiple angles and I believe Facebook could offer a free service and a premium service too. That way, get people hooked on the free service and allow them to step up to the premium. If the premium does not work for the individual, then allow a step back to the free (only loosing the premium benefits). Facebook has become the leader in social networking, as Google has become the leader in search engines. I tip my hat to Facebook…

If Facebook does decide to charge, well, I am not going to remain. I have a life that does not revolve around Facebook. Now, I am off to Facebook in search of other lonely people…possibly Allison's ex-husband. Allison, as for sins you mentioned, I am still laughing, "Forgive me father for I have sinned, I have Facebook'd."

Good day all!

Comment by Innocent One — January 29, 2010 @ 9:33 am

It is understandable why people would want to pay for their advertisments. People pay for Cable TV that is inundated with advertisments. That doesn't make them bright people. It makes them market place consumers. And we all know how well that has worked out. Credit card anyone?

Facebook isn't that dumb, that is why they are where they are.

Comment by Lou — January 31, 2010 @ 6:44 am

One time payment of less than USD20.00 is ok. but monthly payment is not ok

Comment by Nash — February 2, 2010 @ 5:53 pm

First of all stating that facebook won't charge for their site because it's a bad business decision is ludicrous. They won't be the first or last company to shoot themselves in the foot because of a bad business decision.

When I first came upon one of the many polls on this topic I said that I would be more then happy to pay a moderate fee like $1 per month, which was what the poll suggested.

Since that time I have come to change my mind on the topic. A faulty roll out of yet another redesign, "live" feeds that are four hours old or refresh dropping the last few entries, and worst of all, periods where the website is just too slow to be usable, leave me spending less and less time on facebook.

As long as it's free I won't cancel my account but I would need to see a huge improvement in service to pay anything for it.

Comment by Royce Edwards — February 13, 2010 @ 6:55 am

I don't know what to believe. I enjoy the games and the friendships on Facebook very much. I can use e-mail for personal contacts but I would miss the games. I cannot afford to pay and I won't. Hope it is just another scam. Time will tell.

Comment by june Turner — February 13, 2010 @ 8:42 pm

It seems in an interview FB not answered "Yes" or "No" on question if they are charging what ever or not, I guess If not it is Ok. But If they do it would be Big mistake by them to loose vast users at a time of decision because there are not Individual ppl in that, but so many Groups in it, as In my social group are here more than 10 thsnd in linked group. after leaving groups like us facebook becomes worhless for this type of just friendship or social activity site., they should think this is not commercial site or from that ppl not making money for that they could ready to pay. I decided that I will stay and wait there till it happens and see all my friends shifted to another safe non chargeable place..

Comment by Jikesh — February 20, 2010 @ 1:20 pm

So basically Nick O'Neill your entire claim towards there being a monthly charge or not is completely factless in either direction. This is what we call a logical fallacy. I'm glad you wasted your time posting this.

Comment by Robert — February 26, 2010 @ 4:55 am

hey guys just thought id let u know i love you all…
someone cum hav sex with me

allison, i was probably the person that stole ur husband too

hes not the first one

Comment by Ganger Hussey — March 9, 2010 @ 1:18 am

I would cancel my facebook if they charged. The only reason that I use facebook is because it is free. If they started to charge I would just move over to another application that was free.

Comment by Barbara — March 21, 2010 @ 12:31 pm

I can't believe i was decived into thinking facebook was going to charged oh well i am glad they are not and i will stick with them for a long time!!!!

Comment by Matthew Gauthier — March 21, 2010 @ 12:53 pm

FLAT OUT…… AS A COLLEGE STUDENT , I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT IF THEY CHARGED… THEY NEVER WOULD

Comment by Taylor Moore — March 22, 2010 @ 1:09 pm

To alison-

I disagree that your husband was "loving and normal" before FB- but obviously after joining FB and seeing what's really out there- and how other females are truly "loving and normal"- unlike you- he then came to his senses and left you.

It wasn't FB that caused this "harm", it was you and your psychotic "sins" of mind!

How does being charged for FB have anything to do with your husband's fidelity? You make absolutely no sense in your logic of reasoning.

Also, what you took as negativity because he wised up and left you- is the best thing this man has ever done! I bet he thanks FB every waking moment for helping him find other normal sane people he could interact with, instead having to deal with you and your sick and twisted mind.

Some good advice for you…instead worrying about people not paying FB, and you're not worried about spending money- perhaps you should have been willing to pay for some sessions with Dr. Ruth, and I would recommend that you immediately seek some professional psychiatric counseling.

One last word of advice Alison- instead of spending time reading Facebook- you should start reading reading The Good Book. LOL

Judge not lest ye be judged!

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 2:42 am

LOL! To ganger hussey- cheers! That's a good one. I'll bet when you "stole" alison's hubby- he was running like the devil was chasing him- to get the hell away from that crazed FB hater.

P.S. Hey alison- don't be a hater- be a player, but now that you're all alone- I guess you'll just have to be a Master Bait ER

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 2:52 am

By the way- I didn't fall for that B.S. about FB trying to charge a monthly fee for its users. That would be counterproductive.

The latest CAUSE scam being posted on FB, has now upped the monthly fee that FB will be charging $14.99 per month. LOL!

Comment by Wanda — March 24, 2010 @ 12:04 pm

umm its just been confirmed that facebook is actually going to be a pay site. Who ever the person is that is buying it and charging is really going to regret it when they see how many people they loose. For quite a while I believed after reading this site that it wasn't going to be a pay site and I was really annoyed when I found out that its been confirmed

Comment by John — April 13, 2010 @ 10:14 pm

Yes they are charging. Oh it's not your money they want, it's your life. Think 20 years from now. How much of your personal information is going to 'out there' everywhere, searchable by any search engine. Suckers.

Comment by Greg — April 23, 2010 @ 11:19 pm

They cant charge.I wouldnt pay on princiapl but facebook is supposed to be about connecting with people and breaking down social and ethnic barriers. putting a charge on facebook would furthur the gulf between us and developing countries, so people in developing countries would not have access to the "global village" (encompassing a fraction of the worlds population). The other side of the coin is that no one really gives a shit about this and money makes the world go round lol. Also thumbs up to Greg who is amoung the few pple who realisies what facebook is about.

Comment by Daniel O Keeffe — April 30, 2010 @ 5:02 am

he eric tully, you give me the money your willing to waste on useless things that you don't need. we all take advantage facebook and google cuz its free. but is it worth it? no. food, water and shelter is way more important then fbook.

and as for being a "premium member" your a douche bag.

Comment by Bob — May 3, 2010 @ 4:56 pm

after reading all of this, i doubt that its going to charge. But even if it does the whole premium member thing, i quit, because i love facebook for the idea that everyone is equal.

Comment by brian — May 5, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

Oh how I wish they would start charging for using it, so I would stop doing so

Comment by Ivan — May 13, 2010 @ 2:29 pm

John,

You are full if it. Ummmm..NO- it has never been confirmed. You are probably the asshole that started that lame ass rumor.

It is now June- ha ha proved you wrong. Don't go posting shit and starting rumors.

Comment by Wanda — June 4, 2010 @ 2:04 am

I find it absolutely ridiculous all the commenters saying they would pay to not see ads. There is a FREE plugin available for Firefox that allows you to block ads. It's called Ad Block Plus… If you are using Internet explorer, then you deserve to lose money each month for the shitty service Facebook provides.

Comment by Anonymous — June 20, 2010 @ 7:44 am

alison~you should be strong!!!

Comment by yayalin — June 20, 2010 @ 12:21 pm

I need to know what is going on with facebook and all the games you play with. I heaing rumors that you are charging i need to know the truth. Please.

Comment by Tasha — August 26, 2010 @ 3:01 pm

If facebook starts charging for thier site, I'll soon get off again. I've already been on once but because of people being so open on it I've got off. Plus I'm a cheapass.

Comment by P.J, — September 8, 2010 @ 7:10 am

Pay for facebook?, u must be having a fucking joke.

Comment by Jack — September 25, 2011 @ 12:44 pm

DON'T BLAME FACEBOOK.U NEED TO BLAME YOUR HUSBAND HE KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. AND HOW FAR TO GO .SO BLAME HIM.

Comment by BETTY WOODS — September 25, 2011 @ 1:48 pm

You didn't lose your hubby to FB. He was probably already cheating (he wasn't a "normal loving husband") and FB just made it easier. Do yourself a favor and forget the bum. And stop blaming FB – all FB did was point out a problem that already existed.

Comment by Alan — October 2, 2011 @ 7:37 pm

No, Facebook Is Not Going To Charge For Their Site

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