"Money Trees is perfect place for shade and that's just how I feel..."
-Kendrick Lamar
So Facebook is "testing" an option that charges $1 to message other users who aren't friends on the network.
Why?
The fee will supposedly deter spammers from ...well..spamming:
Facebook is billing the change as an attempt to crack down on spam by seeing if "imposing a financial cost on the sender" serves as a deterrent to sending unwanted messages. Yet, it seems just as likely that it could lead to an increase spam, as anyone from a marketer to your ex-girlfriend could potentially use the option to flood your inbox with unwanted messages.Something in my inner being is telling me this is just the tip of an iceberg ready to be smashed by the SS Facebook Money Machine.
If users fall for this, we'll be saying, "Remember the days when Facebook was free?"
::shudders at the thought:::
What do you think? Do you think Facebook will begin charging for normal service?
How do you feel about the $1 charge? Leave your comment below.
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