#WhackCentral: Facebook Will Charge $1 To Send Message Your Inbox

"Money Trees is perfect place for shade and that's just how I feel..." 

-Kendrick Lamar 

And it begins...

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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#InCaseYouWereWondering: Facebook Explains The Four Ways It Sorts The News Feed

:::Side Eye:::

Finally!

It's no secret that we've all noticed the major changes to Facebook since it's inception in 2004. One of the biggest reactions from users dealt directly with the redesign of the news feeds, which received a slew of complaints. Mainly, because each users audience appeared to drastically diminish after the change. Will Cathcart, the company's news feed product manager, took the time to explain exactly how your post's visibility is determined:  

1. If you interacted with an author’s posts before: If you Like every post by a Page that Facebook shows you, it will show you more from that Page.

 2. Other people’s reactions to a specific post: If everyone else on Facebook shown a post ignores it or complains, it’s less likely to show you that post.

3. Your interaction with posts of the same type in the past: If you always Like photos, there’s a better chance you’ll see a photo posted by a Page.

4. If that specific post has received complaints by other users who have seen it, or the Page who posted it has received lots complaints in the past, you’ll be less likely to see that post. This factor became a lot more prevalent starting in September 2012.

Well, I feel more informed. I still don't see posts from friends that I'd like to (and too many from those I could care less about) but I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles. ::Kanye shrug::

How long have you been on Facebook? Do you like the new changes? Why or Why not?


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