Pay $7 to promote your Facebook status?

[beancounter]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-33692_3-57526330-305/pay-$7-to-promote-your-facebook-status/

So, is anyone here planning on using the new service?

 

[AeryFairy]

Lol no.

 

[Alice-Bee]

They install that for pages a while back...I dont pay for my Goth-Alice posts to be seen and I reach enough people I think...no way would I use it on my personal profile if I aint paying for Business purposes!

 

[beancounter]

The only justification I can see for using that service is if you want to announce a major event like a wedding, furneral, birth, etc. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

Uh, no. I wonder if it will be marked somehow, so that I could tell what status was paid for? Or would it show up in the section where ads usually are *cough* which I never see, thank you AdBlock *cough*
I'd probably unfriend or remove from my feed anyone who did that on any kind of regular basis.

As for the auto tagging also mentioned in the article, I have my settings so that all tags of me require my approval before they post, and I decline a certain percentage of tags anyway.

 

[Calliegirl]

I've seen the 'sponsored' ads on my timeline. The other day, one for mayo and a pork recipe showed up, so I posted a few vegan recipe websites and links to articles on factory farmed pigs, on the thread. I'll do the same if any promoted ads show up, whether I know the person or not. If it shows up in my newsfeed, it's fair game.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I don't see the sponsored ads in my timeline on my computer. I see them every once in a great while when I'm on mobile, though.

 

[alligatortears]

Now everyone can know what people had for dinner!! Sounds so useful