Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st

[Morcego]

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Menlo Park, CA — At a press conference this morning, Facebook rolled out their new monthly service plan. Beginning November 1st of this year, the social media giant will start charging members $2.99/mo to use services that users currently enjoy for free.

“We thought long and hard about this decision, but at the end of the day, we had no choice but to add this monthly fee,” Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told reporters. “If we don’t do something about our rising costs now, Facebook could face an unrecoverable financial burden and become obsolete.”

“This is excellent news for Facebook stock holders,” says Wall Street analyst Dale Sackrider. “As of August this year, Facebook had a total of 1.317 billion users. If just 75% of those members pay the new monthly service fee of $3, that will mean an annual influx of cash totaling roughly $36 billion. That’s not just an increase in profits of a few dollars, that’s a game changer right there.”


In an interview with CNN, Facebook spokesman Paul Horner explained the reason for the new monthly fee.

“Economic times are tight, the ads on Facebook are not as profitable as we had planned. Our costs are going up as hundreds of thousands of individuals continue to join the site every day,” Horner said. “There’s so many pictures of cats, and all of those costs add up, we just can’t foot the bill any longer.”

Jack Phillips from Dequincy, Louisiana told reporters that he is not happy with Facebook’s decision to implement a new monthly fee.

“I can barely pay for my girly subscriptions as it is, now this Zuckerberg character wants another $3 a month out of me? Well I don’t think so bud,” Phillips said. “There’s free news out there that I get all my learning from, like The Epoch Times. I know their stories are not real, some fancy word called ‘satirical’, but they makes me laugh. Sure, their grammar and spelling is just God-awful, but I like that; it makes me feel smarter.” Phillips continued, “As for this monthly fee though, I do like using Facebook. That Farmville game on there cracks me up. Hey, look at me, I’m planting some carrots in a field around my kick *ss barn. My friends just love it when I contact them about planting my crops. They’re like, ‘Dangit Jack, you and your gosh dang crops’, I’ll tell you what.”

Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin, a mascot for a Christian anti-masturbation group, says their business could not survive without Facebook.

“Charging people to use Facebook means there won’t be as many heathens on the site to help stay off the Devil’s playground. Personally, I like Facebook because it helps me promote my side business of making personalized video greetings. Those videos are good, clean fun for the whole family, and they also help pay for my anger management and *** offender classes. Praise Fappy!”


Horner told reporters of an option for those who can’t afford the new monthly fee. “Here at Facebook we value each and every one of our members. We do not want to see anyone delete their account just because they cannot afford the monthly fee,” Horner said. “For those who can’t manage the cost, we’ve made it real simple. In a new status update, copy and paste the words, ‘I AM POOR FACEBOOK PLEASE WAIVE MY MONTHLY FEE’. Make sure you include the hashtag #FacebookMonthlyFee . This will inform the Facebook billing department to waive any fees associated with your account. Unfortunately for free users, access to all Facebook games will no longer be available.” Horner continued, “There’s also a free option which will allow you access to your Facebook account for up to one hour a week, exceeding that will cost $0.49/minute. I think you can agree that it is extremely important to find the right Facebook plan for you!”

Shares of Facebook closed Monday at 76.80, up 1.11 (1.42%). To order your monthly subscription please call the 24-hour Facebook hotline at (785) 273-0325. Discounts are available to those who pay for an entire year at once.

source:
Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st - National Report | National Report

[ong76win2]

Facebook Is NOT Going To Start Charging Monthly Fee Of $2.99!

LOL! There’s a rumor that’s blowing up online right now that Facebook is set to charge users $2.99 per month starting November 1st, but it’s not true. See where rumor started…

Gawker.com says that the rumor started when a “satire” news site posted a fake article about the monthly fees.

See the fake article HERE

The FAKE article says: “Beginning November 1st of this year, the social media giant will start charging members $2.99/mo to use services that users currently enjoy for free.”

It also said that the only way you could avoid the charge, was to do the following:

“For those who can’t manage the cost, we’ve made it real simple. In a new status update, copy and paste the words, ‘I AM POOR FACEBOOK PLEASE WAIVE MY MONTHLY FEE’. Make sure you include the hashtag #FacebookMonthlyFee . This will inform the Facebook billing department to waive any fees associated with your account.”

Fortunately, the whole thing is bogus. Unfortunately, A LOT of people have fallen for the hoax and posted the status. Even more people have taken to social media to rant about the monthly service charge (that ISN’T going to happen)! LOL!

Hopefully you didn’t fall for it!

Source: Facebook Is NOT Going To Start Charging Monthly Fee Of $2.99! « 1025 KSFM


Another one..............


No, Facebook is NOT Going to Start Charging Users $2.99 a Month

People need to start paying attention to what publications are satirical

By: Daniel Koren
Published: September 25th, 2014 in Business » World

The success of The Onion, what can be argued as the first immensely popular satire news site, spawned several other such satire sites in its wake, including one called National Report.

Essentially, these sites can attribute the success of their stories to the rule of click bait (as they publish headlines so engaging yet out of this world you can't help but feel just a little bit curious). With National Report's latest satirical news story, they nearly broke the internet, breaking a story that reads "Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st."

"At a press conference this morning, Facebook rolled out their new monthly service plan. Beginning November 1st of this year, the social media giant will start charging members $2.99/mo to use services that users currently enjoy for free," the article begins.

Now, obviously anyone with sense, or anyone who knows how well Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are doing from merely advertising alone (last year Zucks was named the highest paid CEO of 2012, raking in $2.3 billion), would know that such a story is a hoax.

However, it seems that many people actually don't have any sense.

From the moment National Report posted the story, I saw people posting it on Facebook - accompanied by statuses like "Wtf" or "who else agrees with Facebook's new decision?" and so on, which would subsequently be followed by comments, from people like myself who do indeed have sense, that read "it's a fake dude."

Like, c'mon.

Over on Twitter, the story went equally viral, with many referencing the bogus, fictional quote by Zuckerberg that was implemented in the fake article: "We thought long and hard about this decision, but at the end of the day, we had no choice but to add this monthly fee," Zuckerberg 'reportedly' told reporters.

"If we don't do something about our rising costs now, Facebook could face an unrecoverable financial burden and become obsolete," was another good 'quote'.

If this whole thing about facebook charging $2.99 a month is real, then i'm saying goodbye to lovely facebook! #FacebookMonthlyFee
— Amber Marie (@amberhillman05) September 25, 2014

I AM POOR FACEBOOK PLEASE WAIVE MY MONTHLY FEE #FacebookMonthlyFee
— Wildan Afza A. (@Wildan_404) September 24, 2014

In a bid to make it clearer for the shmucks who don't understand what satire is, a Facebook representative recently told Mashable that they'd be implementing a "satire" tag to accompany pieces such as these.

Though such a tag would probably be detrimental for sites like these. I mean, there's no point to read it if you know for certain that it's not true.

Source: No, Facebook is NOT Going to Start Charging Users $2.99 a Month - Shalom Life

[harveyboie]

If this will happen, i think friendster will be happy..hahahahahah

[ong76win2]

Please don't believe right away in everything that is published here on the net. Thanks

[æRLO]

"National Report"

You know it was funny when the Onion first became popular, but now its getting ridiculous with these satirical news sites.

[usrolla]

daghana dayon mo tuo ug mga in ani nga news oi. Dli sa i verify ang credibility sa source before i post.

[bleedingboi]

If this will happen, i think friendster will be happy..hahahahahah

extinct na ang friendster brad...

[M.A.D.]

Facebook's business model does not justify charging a fee for membership.

If there is a service that is free, it is usually the patrons who are the product. The info you put up, what you post etc, is a goldmine. It is data which facebook uses for their own purposes.

So why charge when you get more out of less?

[kit_cebu]

i remember when i posted a SATIRE article...di man gud common word...

sa mga sumusod mo-basa, BOTBOT ni!

[archspace]

another fake news. ayaw liboga ang taw pls. tyvm