http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

http://www.bradstorm.com/me/archives/102 why Facebook wil NOT become a paysiet
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090327093742AA7e7so
http://www.kavmerica.com/?p=775

7 Million People Actually Believe that Facebook Will Become a Pay Site

There's a new Facebook group called "We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook. Need As Many Members Possible To Stop This!." The members of this group apparently believe that this is true. I would usually brush something like this off, but the group has 2.7 Million members! All of these people apparently think Facebook is on its way to becoming a pay site. The info on this group states that because of Facebook's popularity that Mark Zuckerberg will sell the site, and that the people he sells it to "WILL turn it into a paysite." How does the creator of this group know for sure that the buyer "WILL" do this? He doesn't. Zuckerberg hasn't sold it so far, and while it is a possibility, there is no way that anyone would expect 200 million users to begin paying for the service. More than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once a day. That's an incredible number that would drop significantly if everyone had to begin paying. There's a business model in the new age of "Social Media," and it includes providing a free service while making ad revenue. This is how almost everyone does it now days. The thought of someone turning Facebook into a pay site is laughable. This group was either started by somebody who is completely oblivious to the Web 2.0 business model, or someone who is trolling Facebook users. I would like to raise the question here, "How does starting a Facebook group help prevent this in any way?" It doesn't. While writing this article, I found another related group that has 4.8 million members. It is estimated that Facebook makes about $300 Million in ad revenue each year, and is expected to reach $1 Billion in total revenues by 2015. Why would you ditch the ads, lose members, and lose money by turning it into a pay site? You wouldn't. That's not how it works.

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http://www.facebook.com/susanboyle?ref=ts

I saw the Mnet special of Susan last night and boy am I a fan of this woman! Awesome stuff!

At Future Buzz Adam Singer gives a great list of reasons why Blogging should be given priority over Twitter and given the attention it deserves.

He says “Twitter is popular because it is easy. It is easy to setup, easy to copy-paste links into, and easy to write 140 character bits. But, having your own blog remains the strongest platform if you’re serious about sharing ideas and having a continued dialog with the world. Blogging is the antithesis of easy, however it is far more rewarding. I’m not saying Twitter isn’t a useful and interesting service, because it certainly is. But it does not negate the real opportunity that is actually made more useful by the popularity of microblogging: having your own blog. Are you just using Twitter but not blogging?

So here are the list of reasons “Why You Should Blog before you Twitter”

1. Blogging demonstrates true commitment and passion to your industry that you really can’t 

fake long-term. Most won’t be able to sustain it over long periods of time with frequency, but those who do so are rewarded in spades and stand out from the crowd.

2. Old articles are valuable and still read years later, given infinite life by the engines. Old Tweets live in archive purgatory where a majority will never be seen again.

3. Remember, you’re essentially contributing to someone else’s network on Twitter – certainly there are returns, but make no mistake they profit from your attention. I know you might not have a problem with that because you gain something too, but it’s good to be conscious of that fact.

4. A compelling link in a blog entry will be clicked; links in Twitter are noise that in aggregate make up signal, but the reality is links in your stream aren’t the same as a post with a compelling link.

5. Secret everyone knows: most of Twitter is just linking to blogs and content on the open web. Being the end product people are actually interested in and focus their attention on is where your ideas will be studied carefully, not in the cacophony of Twitter.

6. You own your work in a self-hosted blog and are in total control over how it is presented.

7. Twitter is in a sense social sticky notes, or the SMS of the Internet (however you want to consider it). It’s snack-sized content. Are you or your business interesting enough to provide the full course? It’s telling who engages deeper vs. those who simply choose to engage 140 characters at a time.

8. Cumulative results over time from blogging, each post incrementally adds value to your site as a whole. Not necessarily true on Twitter.

9. Full analytics with a blog.

10. Multiple touch points to readership and interaction (email, RSS, on-site, etc.).

11. Plugins let you add pretty much anything you want, can even integrate microblogging within your blog itself.

12. Flexibility with layout.

13. 140 characters is often more than necessary – but also it is often less than necessary.

14. Everyone on Twitter is looking for the next big thing or most interesting piece of content to link to. Wouldn’t you rather be the big thing than merely another person pointing at it?

15. These are all just tools to share content and ideas, no more, no less. You need a cohesive strategy for all of them to drive conversions in one spot. A blog is the perfect place for that if you want focused attention and to build an interested community. What if any one network you don’t control falls out of favor or changes the rules? At the end of the day, self-hosted blog owners control the vertical and the horizontal, whereas on Twitter or any external network you’re at the whim of someone else.

16. I don’t even know why some people consider for a second that Twitter and FriendFeed will kill blogging, these ideas are pure linkbait and show a lack of understanding of the motivation of people on the open web.

17. Careful of how much time you devote to Twitter instead of contributing to your own channel. Spend the most time nurturing that – time spent in Twitter comes at the opportunity cost of fresh content to your blog. You can use Twitter and other micro networks to draw subscribers and interest, but the premier value is in working on your own material in a unique space.

18. RSS is alive and well – Steve Gillmor and the TC gang know how to write a great piece of linkbait, but that’s pretty much all it is. Remember, they are in the business of generating buzz, links and pageviews through opinion pieces that ruffle the feathers of tech bloggers, and they’re good at it. It’s entertainment value but I wouldn’t put too much stake in anything one person or site says, always look at the situation and landscape objectively.

19. You are in control of when your blog goes into maintenance mode – not so with Twitter or really any free service.

20. On outpost sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn you can be “turned off” or “banned ” or terminated with no comeback for breaking their terms of service. On a self hosted blog, its on your terms.

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