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Membership
Fees For Facebook
Facebook to Start
Charging Membership Fees? Nope
False Facebook Fee Posts
by David Emery
Online
postings circulating in various forms and languages since 2009 claim Facebook
has established a new membership price grid and will begin charging users a
monthly fee for basic services.
It
wasn't true and is unlikely to change. These postings often include links to
external websites with malware.
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Description: Hoax / Malware scam
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Circulating since: Dec. 2009
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Status: False
May 2012 Example Post of Facebook Membership Charge
As shared on Facebook, May 16, 2012
FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99
PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES,
$3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS
MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON
TOMORROW
MORNING YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO...IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON
THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU
COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR
YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO
NOT PAY
July 2011 Example Post of Facebook Membership Charge
As shared on Facebook, July 5, 2011
It's offical.
signal at 12:20 it even passed on tv. Facebook will start charging this summer.
If you copy this on your wall your icon will turn blue and facebook will be
free for you. Please pass this message if not your count will be deleted. p.s,
this is serious the icon turns blue, So please put this as your status
December 2009 Example Post
As shared on Facebook, Dec. 28, 2009
We're
leaving Facebook if they try to charge us. Invite all your friends and together
we can make a stand. All the details can be found at this site [URL deleted]
Information Category:
Business - Public Relations
Description: WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR FACEBOOK
Privacy Type: Open: All content is public.
Business - Public Relations
Description: WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR FACEBOOK
Privacy Type: Open: All content is public.
WE'RE AGAINST THE 4.99 A
MONTH CHARGE FOR FACEBOOK FROM JUNE 30TH 2010
Analysis of Facebook
Membership Charges Rumors
A version of this text first appeared in 2009 on a bogus
Facebook page inciting users to protest an alleged plan by the company to
charge a $4.99 monthly fee.
Similar
false claims have circulated before and since. In this particular case, members
were directed to an external website that delivered malicious software to
unsuspecting visitors. Facebook has since deleted the group.
While Facebook executives have never explicitly ruled out
instituting fees for specific features on the site, they have repeatedly denied
having plans to impose a blanket charge on all users.
The
question was put to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in an April 2009 interview
with Business
Week editor Stephen J. Adler.
"The answer is no, we
are not planning on charging a basic fee for our basic services," Sandberg
said. "Once again, that question
stems from people thinking we're growing so quickly, we're running out of
money. We're growing really quickly, but we can finance that growth. We're not
going to charge for our basic services."
In 2012, there was a resurgence of this rumor apparently
prompted by news that a new tool is being tested in New Zealand that would
enable Facebook users to pay a fee to make posts more visible to friends.
This was a test and far different from charging all users a
general membership fee.
Examples in More Languages
As shared on Facebook, June 26, 2013:
YA ES OFICIAL. SALIO EN LAS NOTICIAS .FACEBOOK ACABA DE PUBLICAR
SU PRECIO DE ADHESION $9,99 POR EL SERVICIO GOLD MEMBER QUE MANTIENE TU
PRIVACIDAD TAL COMO ESTA , PERO SI PEGAS ESTO EN TU MURO , SERA GRATIS DE LO
CONTRARIO MAÑANA SALDRIAN TODAS PUBLICACIONES COMO PUBLICAS , INCLUSO AQUELLOS
MENSAJES QUE HAYAS ELIMINADO O FOTOS QUE NO AUTORIZASTE , NADA ME COSTO COPIAR
Y PEGAR
As shared on Facebook, June 26, 2013:
C'est maintenant officiel. Il est sorti dans
les médias. Facebook vient de sortir son prix d'entrée, 5,99 euros, pour garder
l'abonnement gold et votre vie privée comme en ce moment.Si vous collez ce
message sur votre page sera offert gratuitement.Sinon demain publications
peuvent devenir publiques. Même les messages qui ont été supprimés ou non
autorisées de photos. Après tout, ça ne coûte rien pour copier et coller.
As shared on Facebook, June 27, 2013:
Agora é oficial. Saiu na mídia. Facebook acaba
de publicar o seu preço da adesão, taxa de $5,99; para tornar membro ouro e
manter a sua privacidade como está. Se você colar isto
no seu mural
estará livre dessa cobrança. Caso contrário, amanhã suas publicações podem
tornar-se públicas Mesmo aquelas mensagens que você excluiu ou fotos quem não
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