BREAKING - Facebook, a public company, has reportedly announced a bold new plan – charging users?
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly announced that there will be a host of new changes to Facebook.
WWN’s J.B. Smitts broke the story that Facebook was shutting down on May 15, 2013. Maybe this helped Zuckerberg come up with his new plan?
Pressure from angry users has been too much and Facebook is looking at an alternative, something that will persuade Mark Zuckerberg to keep the site alive: his social media platform is going to start charging users!
According to sources outside the company, Facebook is planning a subscription-based service with monthly fees starting at $0.99 for a basic “friendship” which allows for the posting of text and just one profile picture. This fee will increase, depending on the number of friends you have, the messages posted and sent, and the pictures/videos/ games put on a user’s page. The monthly fee will be capped at $50.00 per month at the high-end.
Bottom line: the more you use Facebook, the more you will pay.
Reports from sources not affiliated with company are saying that all existing content has been “grandfathered” and will not be disrupted – though Facebook has decided to share this data with government agencies, including the FBI , the CIA and Michael Moore.
CIO, FLoyd Collins said – “people will get used to paying. It’s not so bad. What’s a few bucks a month?”
Investment bankers, including Goldman Sachs, who brought the company public, learned that Mark Zuckerberg wanted to shutter the site, and are thrilled at the prospect of Facebook converting to a pay service.
“The addition of this substantial revenue windfall makes Facebook all that more attractive as an investment,” said Tom Wotozowski, Senior Vice President of Goldman Sachs. “This will make it the largest corporation on the planet, ever.”
Industry watchers estimate that the new fee-based program will generate well in excess of $50 billion in new revenue for the company – based on the most conservative assumptions of usage and the proposed tiered fee structure.
These estimates, of course, account for the fact that millions of users may quit Facebook in response to the imposition of fees. “I’m not going to pay for Facebook! It’s like paying for air. It’s not right,” said longtime Facebook junkie, Jessica Samsille. “Screw them, I’m going back to MySpace,” said Bo Chan.
No matter. Facebook executives are excited at the prospect of charging users. “We’re going to make money hand over fist,” said Facebook CEO Cindy Shooman. “I think converting to a pay service is something that will make Mark want to keep the site going. And I’ll finally get to buy an island in the Mediterranean.”
May 15, 2013 is Facebook Day. The site will either shut down, or start charging users for its service – according to sources close to people from Silicon Valley.
[Reporting by Floyd Collins on WWN's Financial News desk]
wasting of money! .
twitter seems a good option to me. what do you think?
Google , Firefox , Facebook , Twitter , You Tube all of them should charge the users something like $2.00 a day , that will help pay workers that keep the system going and provide benefits for poor people working at the internet and keeping the servers repaired , it is a good idea
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I dont think there is a need to charge. people use this as an only means of communication with loved ones and extended family. they make enough money advertising other companies junk. there is no need to charge.
In philippines, we have fb for talking with friends and such. A single American dollar is already a huge amount. So we have to pay 60+ pesos just to talk and play games? Zuckerberg shouldnt do this. They will lose more money because ppl outside America with a currency that has less value than an american dollar can't pay for it. What's wrong with the Internet?
You are reading the fucking WEEKLY WORLD NEWS, and you believe it?!
I think the pay per day (24 hour segment) could be painless and automatic, each Google , Firefox or social media site could have a one time set up which includes the user to enter his credit card number and contact info , and it is secured and everytime the user accesses the site the card is verified and charged a $2.00 fee for that 24 hour period , or possibly unlimited bulk purchase on a 6 month or annual pay up front plan . The pay per day plan would be automatic and thus not slow down the users access .. A fee of $2.00 per 24 hour day would be a fair price.
I personally think it’s ridiculous to charge people, facebook is one of the biggest social networks today and for you to go and start charging would just be plain stupid if u ask me, I personally think your better and smarter leaging facebook the way it is, that is unless you want to loose all your subscribers, the only reason billions of people use facebook is because it’s free just saying
Wow this is going to be ridiculous if you have a FaceBook and use it now and again, and if you even don't use it. Its exactly like paying for air.
Although this is a joke, air doesn't require a data center that costs a small fortune to maintain, so no, it's NOTHING like paying for air.
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I think facebook is charging my network providers mtn/airtel, money in return why users again?
I refuse to line Mr Zuckerbergs pockets with any of money!I mean who does he & the other jokers think they are?Mr.Zuckerberg has more money then he could posiabley use in his life time,& now he wants more?Whats wroug with him & the jerks that are going along w/him I will go to my space or somewhere else!
LOL you can count me out and back to myspace if this happens.. i wont pay that rich guy anything to use facebook.. its not that serious.. only reason its as popular as it is , is because its free. watch 75% of its users deactivate their account, then facebook loses money from advertising, loses ratings etc.. it will crush their so called corporation .
YOU ARE ALL STUPID READ THE DATE THIS WAS POSTED/TAKE EFFECT. DOES ANYONE EVEN READ THE ARTICLE.
I just posted a picture of my dog,a stupid picture of my dog and at the top of my post it said something along the lines of if you dont pay us $1.00 nobody is going to see this post………..I think the date of this posting here was a fair warning,never wouldve believed it if I hadnt seen it myself. I am so going back to myspace! Actually,I might return to the ACTUAL world,people cant pretend theyre something theyre not quite as easily when were all face to face right?
Its not serious to me, count me out lol lol 4 real. another social media will spring up and people will jump on board. If not broke why try and fix it. FB is making a serious mistake.
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Seriously guys..its a joke…it is a fictional news website…how come everyone is taking it so seriously…AT LEAST READ THE ARTICLE CAREFULLY….it's a good attempt at humor nevertheless…and the comments here are more funny.
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I am not going to pay for membership ! Lets see how many people from poor countries pay for using this.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL FACE BOOK USERS.
PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY TODAY TO HAVE USE OF FACE BOOK FREE OTHERWISE THEY MAY CHARGE YOU.
ACT FAST PL. FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT. IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE
It's not a false info., not entirely at least. Today I daw a new function on FB, something about putting a comment of yours on top of your page etc., and you have to pay for it.
As far as I'm concerned this is stupid. I could live perfectly well without FB, I already don't use it so much. Still it's not only stupid but ethically wrong completely. The concept behind the FB was to connect people for free, and they are already making huge amount of money out of it. Good for them, but if that money isn't enough because each of them wants to buy an island in the Mediterranean then screw them.
By the way, they are not enough empty island in the Mediteranean for these greedy people. There are people living in those island and they OWN them!!!
Thank God this will reduce people wasting time in facebook unnecessarily.
If they will do so then most of the people will leave Facebook for forever…………………
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