If networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and etc. started charging a monthly fee would you still use them?

If Facebook wanted a couple of bucks a month from me, I'd give it to them. That being said, I'd be very nervous about them charging everyone. For me personally, the real value of Facebook is that pretty much *everybody* is on it.

MySpace, Friendster and even something like Six Degrees simply never had this kind of universal appeal. While I'd be willing to pay money to use their service, I'd be quite upset if they drove other users away. The reason I want to pay for it is because of all the other users.In that way, it's probably a 'catch 22' situation.

If even 3-5% of Facebook users quite because they didn't want to pay, I'd no longer feel I was getting good value for my money. I only want to pay if absolutely everyone stays. The other problem with Facebook charging people is that, even if they only charged for added features, many people have a strong dislike for websites that charge.

Even if it was justifiable, I think people would quite simply because of the principle of it. It's about the concept of charging rather than the actual dollars spent.

Probably not, to be honest. A lot of the appeal of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter is market saturation -- in less economic, more personal terms, you use these sites because everyone you know is on them. If these people aren't there, what's the point?

Adding a fee would drive many, MANY people off -- perhaps the people you wanted to use the site for in the first place! The nice thing about the Internet, though, is that there are plenty of choices and thus alternatives. If the current social networking sites fizzle out, others will pop up, and they might be free.No site lasts forever, after all.

Think of Friendster -- see a lot of kids using that? (I highly doubt that Facebook, incidentally, will ever do this. They're making too much advertising money mining people's data, and offering a free service ensures plenty of access to data.

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I don't use them now so I definately wouldn't pay for them. I talk with people through e-mail so I don't need any open site. I wouldn't want to post on a site that anyone could read my messages and I have no interest in posting my personal life to the general public.

I think that the appeal of these sites is that they are a free way to communicate. Not only with friends, but many families are spread out all over the world, and these free social networking sites allow them to stay in touch. It's has also become a way for people to meet each other.

With as busy as everyone's life is becoming, it's a great way to have a fun conversation without having to take time out of the day to go to a club or other get together..

I only use Facebook and Twitter right now and if Twitter started charging, I would give that one up. I do enjoy Facebook quite a lot and if they wanted a couple of bucks a month to keep it, I would probably do it. However, I know of many of my fellow Facebookers that probably would not be willing to pay for the service.

Therefore, if after a certain length of time, I lose all my friends on there, then there is no reason to still pay for the service and I would cancel. :-).

No. I'd find the next free site that popped up. Though I have profiles on many of the sites you listed, they are not important enough to me to spend money on.

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