Facebook is still free, hoax fools users?

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SAN FRANCISCO (KFSN) -- There's a new rumor going around Facebook that the social media website will start charging users.

The rumor began shortly after Facebook announced it will redesign its profile to include a timeline in place of a news feed on a user's profile. One rumor says Facebook will start charging for the new profile changes; another describes a tiered Facebook pay plan.

According to the website Mashable, the rumors are not true. Facebook has continuously said that their website will be free in the future, adding a quote on their front page that reads, "It's free and always will be."

This is not the first time Facebook has fallen victim to a pay rumor. Suggestions that the website would start charging have been collected as far back as December 2009, usually around the time Facebook launches a new feature or redesigns a small aspect of the website.

However, this new rumor is spreading fast thanks in large to Facebook's complete redesign of its users profiles. A Facebook employee said the new timeline feature is available now to developers and will be rolled out to all users within the next two to three weeks -- for free.

Facebook has approximately 800 million registered users.

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Facebook is creepy, news just came out that they have been monitoring all users as to which websites they visit,,this is even after you have signed out, next time you login again, it collects the information, so charging or not, I wouldnt use it, sneeky data thief..