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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by vaksel on Friday October 31, 2008 @01:56PM (#350156)
I'd probably just make it premium for people with 100 friends or more. $10/month or something. Won't affect most casual users, but will affect the more hardcore users who are so addicted they'll pay
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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by mattmaroon on Friday October 31, 2008 @02:39PM (#350209)
I bet most of them wouldn't. For one, what is Facebook going to do about the ones who already have 200 friends but don't pay? Force them to un-friend 100?

For another, what percentage of people actually have that many? It seems high to me because I'm one of them, but probably there are, in their user numbers, masses of people who have a handful or none at all.

I know I personally would just find the best free social net. I only use Facebook for playing a couple games anyway.

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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by teej on Friday October 31, 2008 @06:29PM (#350422)
"I only use Facebook for playing a couple games anyway."

May I ask which? I've been involved with some of the bigger games on Facebook, so I'm curious to know what's got you hooked.

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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by lacker on Friday October 31, 2008 @09:40PM (#350505)
Heck, I have over 100 "friends" and I don't do anything on Facebook except approve friend requests.
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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by johns on Friday October 31, 2008 @02:41PM (#350214)
Maybe 500. 100 is pretty easily attained, especially for younger users in college or high school. I'd guess 90% of my friends have 100 friends and I'm 27.
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Re:A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people. by unalone on Friday October 31, 2008 @02:43PM (#350217)
I'd say 200 friends, with people paying a dollar for each hundred after that. Cheap, and it still would make Scoble rant. (Perhaps I'm a bit biased in my motives.)
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