Facebook's $1 messages

[*BlackFox]

One more way to get your credit card

The latest update to Facebook Messages did more than just change a few settings. It's also a sign of the social network seeking yet an opportunity to encourage impulse purchases.

Facebook, which began the year with a reputation for caring more about its users than about making a buck, is ending the year with the rollout of yet another way to try to squeeze more money from its members.

This latest money-making effort comes with a revamp of its popular Messages service -- that part of Facebook through which you can message/e-mail your "friends" and, in fact, those who aren't your friends. What's changing -- and a spokesman describes it to CNET as a "small experiment" -- is that Facebook will start charging some people for messages they want to send to people they're not friends with.

The $1 cost seems steep just to shoot someone a message, but no matter. Facebook will surely drop the price if no one uses it. But the bigger point: This latest "test" shows that Facebook, eager to prove to Wall Street that it's building a cash-generating empire, is looking for more ways to add revenue streams not tied to advertising and, importantly, is trying to get more user credit cards on file.

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[Mirosuke]

Oh fuck off, facebook.

[penfold1992]

they own instagram too right? didnt they just make some stupid changes to their policies as well? they chose a bad time to announce this lol

[RoOF]

so that is what they meant with the end of the world , people will go psycho if they have to pay 1 dollar each message so they just kill each other till no1 is left

[Herp_Derp]

I hope Mark gets a divorce and gets taken to the bank by his wife.

[woutR]

"It’s free and always will be."

[CrimsonNuker]

they own instagram too right? didnt they just make some stupid changes to their policies as well? they chose a bad time to announce this lol

Yep they own Instagram. Instagram stated that they will begin selling people's Instagram pictures to advertising agencies, but everybody started complaining; so they took it back LULZ.

Buy Facebook stock nao.

[omier]

they own instagram too right? didnt they just make some stupid changes to their policies as well? they chose a bad time to announce this lol

Yep they own Instagram. Instagram stated that they will begin selling people's Instagram pictures to advertising agencies, but everybody started complaining; so they took it back LULZ.

Buy Facebook stock nao.

Why did they complain when nobody wants to buy their crappy pics anyways?

[.curve]

they own instagram too right? didnt they just make some stupid changes to their policies as well? they chose a bad time to announce this lol

Yep they own Instagram. Instagram stated that they will begin selling people's Instagram pictures to advertising agencies, but everybody started complaining; so they took it back LULZ.

Buy Facebook stock nao.

Why did they complain when nobody wants to buy their crappy pics anyways?

Have you seen Instagram? It's filled with angsty 13 year olds who think that because they have x number of followers that they're public figures now and that everyone wants a piece of their supposed fame.

[MrTwilliger]

This entire thing is horrible. Previously, you could make it so anyone who isn't your friend couldn't message you. I liked this system, I don't want strangers contacting me. Now anyone can message you, but the messages get filtered to a different folder. But if someone simply pays $1, it goes to your main inbox. Be prepared for a whole bunch of targeted advertisement thrown directly in your face for the low-low price of $1. If things get too bad I'll deactivate Facebook, it's service has been slowly declining over the years and this latest update is a blatant cash grab.

[penfold1992]

they own instagram too right? didnt they just make some stupid changes to their policies as well? they chose a bad time to announce this lol

Yep they own Instagram. Instagram stated that they will begin selling people's Instagram pictures to advertising agencies, but everybody started complaining; so they took it back LULZ.

Buy Facebook stock nao.

Why did they complain when nobody wants to buy their crappy pics anyways?

say you have instagram and post a photo of you....
they can give your photo away to a company that plasters your image all over cities with something like.... "I wish i wore a condom, i wouldnt have herpies if i did..."
and you cant do anything about it because you gave that image to instagram.

OR they could use you as the face of a cereal box or something and instagram can sell that image to have royalties on every box of cereal and you get nothing.

also they dont need your consent.

[iSinnnn]

this is getting silly

[omier]

I wouldn't even put pics of me to Instagram if I used it.
But seriously, who (except those shitty advertisers) wants to message a random person on FB directly?

[Toshiharu]

Seems like a great idea. I can message someone that didn't want to be friends with me or previous was friends with me and call them a ******. Thanks facebook!

[*BlackFox]

Another reason not to join FB... lulz

[Bartic]

[penfold1992]

Another reason not to join FB... lulz

i wish a lot of people switched to google + just to see what happened in facebooks business plan.

[TheDrop]

This will end in a huge failure

Sell Facebook stock nao

[Mirosuke]

Another reason not to join FB... lulz

i wish a lot of people switched to google + just to see what happened in facebooks business plan.

G+ still confusing and stuff