Social Networking website ‘Facebook’ confirmed on Friday that it was dabbling with charging members as much as $100 to get messages to the inboxes of people such as social network co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook claimed that they were testing some extreme price points to see what works to filter spam. In December, Facebook began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients.At its launch, the Facebook Messages test, limited to the United States, let a sender pay a dollar to make sure an electronic missive is routed to someone’s “inbox” even when the person is not in their circle of friends. In a spin revealed by Mashable and other technology news websites, the test includes evaluating whether ratcheting up delivery prices for high-profile members such as Zuckerberg helps ensure that only messages truly of interest get to in boxes.The Facebook messaging system was billed as being designed to deflect seemingly unwanted correspondence into an “other” folder that can be ignored.
Facebook tests steep fees to message strangers
