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[d000hg]

Yeah it's not a great disguise. Fun to play with for a bit now russell went soft and is trying not to get banned every 5min

[russell]

Yeah it's not a great disguise. Fun to play with for a bit now russell went soft and is trying not to get banned every 5min

It's not that i've went soft it's that I have won everyone over to my way of thinking.

[mudskipper]

I kind of agree, in that facebook is primary used for communicating with friends, so you are not in shopping mode so adverts are wasted. Google though have the ultimate ad revenue system, people searching for things and may be willing to buy them can be targeted when in buy mode. The fact that companies still advertise on popular websites means that is is working for them.Another of Facebooks biggest problems is they haven't built advertising into their mobile app, which was a bit stupid wasn't it, with smart phones getting bigger screens and ipads etc there is no reason not to.

I bought something from a facebook ad once.

[eek]

I bought something from a facebook ad once.

And Reader I married him.

[Freamon]

it was always going to be -- there is no product!

YOU are the product.

[Diver]

It's not that i've went soft it's that I have won everyone over to my way of thinking.

This is true

[Old Hack]

No, they're charging users to HIGHLIGHT posts. This is optional. Seriously, get a grip.


And I know it's cool to throw "ad hominem" into an internet argument as a magic phrase to sound clever, but do make the effort to learn what the term means first next time.

So we've agreed they're charging then. Which is new. So, they are charging users, to make posts, by highlighting the ones they've paid for.

As I said, thin edge of the wedge.

As for Ad hominem, maybe you should look it up, for the last time I looked, it means, or can mean, insulting or belittling the person you are arguing with, in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument. I guess calling someone too stupid falls into this category. No?

[d000hg]

Nobody ever said FB won't let you pay them money if you want. The argument is whether allowing users to pay to highlight posts logically means they are going to charge everyone to post, which is baloney. It would be the same as gmail charging you per email.


re:ad hominem... I wasn't calling you stupid to discredit your argument. I was calling you stupid because you're acting stupid. Separate things entirely.

[Bunk]

So we've agreed they're charging then. Which is new. So, they are charging users, to make posts, by highlighting the ones they've paid for.

As I said, thin edge of the wedge.

As for Ad hominem, maybe you should look it up, for the last time I looked, it means, or can mean, insulting or belittling the person you are arguing with, in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument. I guess calling someone too stupid falls into this category. No?

I suppose we just disagree about where it's heading. I see them adding extra features, which they can charge for, as a logical step. I don't see that that will inevitably lead to them charging for everything. The one thing they have in their favour is a huge number of users but I'd expect that to practically disappear instantly if they started charging for the service as it stands, which is why I don't think they ever will.

The interesting thing will be when they introduce a new feature that blows everyone away and charge for it. Then we might see a 2-tier Facebook, split between paid and free users. We've already seen similar when some people had Timeline enabled and some didn't. The older profiles look a bit dull compared to the new ones, but imagine if it's something much more impressive and desirable.

[Old Hack]

No, you weren't, you were, as ever, trying to discredit someone, by calling them stupid. It's the cheap way out.

As for facebook, all I ever did say, was that it was the thin edge of the wedge. You then said they weren't charging people to make posts, which they are, however you dress it up, and that they never would, which is also debateable.

If you are being asked to pay to highlight a post, you are being charged to post. It's logical and true. Not all posts, that's given. However, I have said, imo, it's the thin edge of the wedge.

So, to nail it down.

You've said they will never do something they are actually doing.

I have said I think they will.

And I am being unreasonably stupid here?