Would You Pay for Facebook?
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Facebook and other social media platforms are a good way to keep in contact with people you may not see often. If they decided to charge, would you pay for it?
I mainly use Facebook to share missing cat and dog posts rather than messaging people, so I feel I could live without it.
Could you give it up??
Yep, when something is free and then they decide to start charging, l will say goodbye.
Pinkspirit I think that’s the way it could go. They always said they would never have adverts. That didn’t last long…
No definitely NOT. I only have Facebook for Marketplace and nothing else. I dont or would not have any friend requests on there too. It`s like having a second Ebay to me. Thats all I use It for.
Emerge11 I don’t use fb for much myself. I know people that post their whole lives on it. Don’t know how they would cope without a it
I have family on fb, overseas too, it's nice to be in touch that way, however I hardly post on there. I would pay, depending on the costs x
I hate myself for even using it and would no way pay to use it. Have you heard that they are making a move toward this? The only thing I couldn't do without is YouTube as there is nothing worth watching on tv these days. I actually don't consider YouTube as social media as for me it is a one way street.
Lynibis I had heard that they might charge for it. It wouldn’t bother me giving it up. I like YouTube too
TheChimp they certainly do. I am waiting to sort out my tv etc so I will maybe cancel sky, possibly tv licence and then just go ad free on YouTube as I am watching it so much. And the permitted ones.
PS I don't know if you saw my chat on Dominic Frisby but you strike me as a person who would like his humour and anti woke outlook
No way i would pay for facebook, i never used it loads in it’s heyday and use it even less now.
jms19 I think I lost interest in it as it is the same stuff posted. You are forever seeing ads, or pictures of peoples dinners lol
I would stop using it. I used to use it to keep in contact with some family and friends but now I use WhatsApp. I do find Facebook useful for groups that I share common ground with though. So mainly groups and companies/adverts I’m interested in. I still use messenger and find it useful especially to contact some businesses.
JLouM I find the opposite for contacting businesses. Whether they don’t look at their social media often, or perhaps get too many messages yours gets lost - I can’t get a hold of people within a decent timeframe. I’ve just reverted back to the old way of calling a business up
No I wouldn't pay for it at all but I wouldn't be surprised if they start charging people
Leannexxx they could well start charging, but it may be a small amount per person, 99p per month or whatever. It still wouldn’t convince me to stay
I won’t pay for Facebook I don’t think but it depends on the cost and what they are giving you for your money . I don’t really use Facebook much anyway so it wouldn’t be a big loss to me.
MISSMESSY im the same. I could live without it quite happily. I know that younger ones would maybe struggle though
I could live without it. I don't see any social media about these days worth paying for.
Consumer did they start charging people for twitter or X if that’s what it goes by now? I’ve never quite understood twitter
PayItForward 
Yes - X has a subscription element. Now that it's changed hands, going from Twitter to X, I think it turned from a usable platform to one I don't like...
Absolutely not !!!!!
I don’t use Facebook anymore the only social media I use occasionally is Instagram and I would stop straight away if they started to charge.
reannsgran this is it. We have phones we can text people on and ring them. I wouldn’t be caught paying for social media
Not a chance. Not use it as it’s free, or rather I can put up with it’s annoying ads/marketing to use it. But if it’s going to cost me money, I’ll use my time elsewhere
I wouldn’t be willing to subscribe, I only browse occasionally. They make enough money with the constant adverts.
I only use facebook for marketplace and that is only occasionally. I certainly wouldn't pay for it especially as I rarely use it anyway. It's funded by advertising and I guess those advertising costs are added to the products we buy so we are all paying for facebook I guess anyway although I don't tend to buy many goods that are advertised so I doubt if I'm personally paying much. I'm not currently subscribing to anything, buy supermarket own brand labels and my clothes isn't big brands either. I don't buy cosmetics and almost everything I buy is on price mainly rather than brand. I use adblockers too so most adverts online are blocked anyway.
Nope I would not pay for it, my feed was constantly filled with ads, I barely use it now
martinlufc5637 same with me. I hardly bother with it as it is full of nonsense. I was getting notifications about things that weren’t anything to do with me also
I don't really use Facebook apart from selling bits and pieces on marketplace, so I wouldn't pay for it.
HEDGEHOGS the majority of people I have spoken with about this have said the same. I am with you - I could live without it
I don't even use it. 
I've got an account on Twitter, but I feel like deleting it. It's such a mess over there with people getting all high and mighty 'cause they get likes.
Elon Musk might have made it slightly better, but that's about it.
PhilipMarc I couldn’t grasp twitter lol. Having one social media platform is enough for me, and I could live without it lol
No, I wouldn't pay for any social media platform. I rarely use Facebook, so wouldn't really miss it. If they did start charging, other free platforms would soon appear to entice users who refuse to pay.
ACR I don’t feel it’s worth it personally. Yes! I think you’re right! They would get competition. Bebo might even make a come back lol
I could very easily give it up. I hardly use any social media sites. I have used to put on my lost cat. She came back on her accord. My daughter has a business and puts loads on so I like and share but that’s about it.
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