Saturday, January 12, 2013

PhysOrg: Facebook: $100 to get your message out.

Facebook tests steep fees to message strangers (Update): Facebook confirmed Friday it was dabbling with charging members as much as $100 to get messages to the inboxes of strangers such as social network co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg.

"We are testing some extreme price points to see what works to filter spam," Facebook said in response to an AFP inquiry regarding the costly delivery fees.
This can only solidify the equation of wealth=speech. Nothing democratic about this. What's next, a Kickstarter to buy Facebook advertising?

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