Facebook Changes Will be Free, Rumors of Membership Charges are a Hoax

Never fear, facebook is still - and according to the founders "will always be" free!  ~Erin

Can you imagine the outrage that would ensue if Facebook required all it's members to begin paying to post their memories and contact their friends? The rumors are completely untrue but if they were true would you pay? Read the posts that caused these rumors to spread around the net inside.

One of the messages circulating around:

“THIS 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!!”

And another:

“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”

“It’s free and always will be” is on the Facebook homepage. I wonder if Zuckerberg will prank these pranksters back.

via Facebook Changes Will be Free, Rumors of Membership Charges are a Hoax.