does facebook really want to start charging you money to use it?

[Coolness]

Theres this group on facebook that says that on july 9th 2010 they will charge you 3.99 a month to continue using facebook. is this true or not because i would like to know.

[Low Key]

It's not true. They would lose more money than they would earn. Most of their money comes from advertisements, and it's a lot of money. They aren't struggling at all, and charging people to use their site would make most to stop using it altogether.

[MikeIkeSkittles]

As far as I know it is true because I heard it on the news last night. I don't know if it is true or not but if it happens, there is no way people will still use it as Myspace is free.

[Tony]

The amount varies. The Snopes page answers to a $4.99 Facebook fee email rumor, but other messages carry taglines specifying $14.99 per month. Questions raised ask whether - if Facebook were to charge a monthly fee - users would continue with the service.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...tml?cat=15

[mike b]

No, it is not true. The group that has been spreading the rumor is trying to get people to join it's anti-fee group.
Snopes.com reports that there is a computer hijack/virus associated with at least one of these groups and their page. Be careful if you have joined one of these anti-fee groups as to what you click on on their page.. you may end up with a nasty virus. Even the Business Week articles on the subject clearly indicated that it is NOT in FB's plans.

I'm sure that those who started the rumor have driven a huge amount of traffic to their web site and FB pages (with links) that are of dubious nature...