Facebook may soon charge money to contact celebrities, people not in friends list

Facebook is taking paying to contact people you do not know to a while different level. The social networking giant is now testing the option of sliding fees

April 08, 2013 / 16:05 IST

If Facebook has its way, you'll soon have to shell out money to contact celebrities or people who are not in your friend circle. Facebook is currently testing an option that lets you pay a fee to contact celebrities and people with a large number of followers. The website has already started charging its British users as much as £10 to send a message to celebrities or people not in users' friend circles.Click here for full story

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first published: Apr 8, 2013 03:55 pm

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