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Would you pay to talk to a celeb on FB?

yermandan

So, Facebook are starting to charge people to contact celebs. The example in the article is around 11 Sterling to send an email to Tom Daley!!!

Is there anyone you would pay to contact? From what I can gather, there is no guarantee of a response.

Madness IMO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/08/facebook-charging-users-celebrities

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FatherLen

no.

Matt_Trakker

Maggie Thatcher.

schnitzelEater

No, but I don't have a Facebook account anyway.

antodeco

I had to google who he was. He's kinda young....and male.....and I can get free porn online!

Just Like Heaven

What the hell is wrong with people.

gobnaitolunacy

yermandan wrote: »

send an email to Tom Daley!!!

Who?

Sunnyisland

Rabies

yermandan wrote: »

So, Facebook are starting to charge people to contact celebs. The example in the article is around 11 Sterling to send an email to Tom Daley!!!

Is there anyone you would pay to contact? From what I can gather, there is no guarantee of a response.

Madness IMO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/08/facebook-charging-users-celebrities

If I didn't want to pay the $1.47 to message my flatmate on FB this eve (we're not FB friends), then I'm not going to pay a stupid amount to message a celeb so their P.A. can reply

markie29

pay to send an email to a celebrity on facebook?? ...i think i will just do it the free old fashioned way and stalk them

demanufactured

Ah yeah tommy Daley.....he's a guard that lives on my street.

schnitzelEater

Rabies wrote: »

If I didn't want to pay the $1.47 to message my flatmate on FB this eve (we're not FB friends), then I'm not going to pay a stupid amount to message a celeb so their P.A. can reply

Why aren't you friends? Did he finish the last of the milk or something?

anncoates

You mean send a mail to the FB maintained by some work experience student in the publicity office of the celebrity concerned?

Yeah. It sounds like great value for money.

For spastics.

jester77

Yeah right, pay to send a message to some spotty teenager that is corresponding for so called celebrities. Tom Daley

Wasn't he that decatholon dude from the 80s that won a few Olympic medals, I think I recall finding his card in a pack of cornflakes box about 25 or 30 years ago. He should pay me to send him a message!

[Deleted User]

Could just go on reddit for free

stmol32

I'd pay to chat with like Desmond Tutu or Bob Holness but only if I could get really graphic.

Optimalprimerib

I would I think its a great idea, the public are stealing their image rights by downloading their movies and music, it is a good way to give money to the actual talent.

Duggy747

Or how about throwing your money into the toilet and flushing it?

At least that way you'll see it being put to relatively good use.

NothingMan

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I would I think its a great idea, the public are stealing their image rights by downloading their movies and music, it is a good way to give money to the actual talent.

As far as I'm aware FB never mentioned anything about the money going to the celebrity...

Rabies

schnitzelEater wrote: »

Why aren't you friends? Did he finish the last of the milk or something?

He has been living her a few of months, and going back to Germany at the end of this month.
Have no interest in being "friends" on FB with him when I am not friends with him in my day to day life.

irish bloke

There must be a market for it or they wouldn't be doing it.
You would be surprised what some people are into

schnitzelEater

Rabies wrote: »

He has been living her a few of months, and going back to Germany at the end of this month.
Have no interest in being "friends" on FB with him when I am not friends with him in my day to day life.

So what are you complaining about exactly?

schnitzelEater

jester77 wrote: »

Yeah right, pay to send a message to some spotty teenager that is corresponding for so called celebrities. Tom Daley Wasn't he that decatholon dude from the 80s that won a few Olympic medals, I think I recall finding his card in a pack of cornflakes box about 25 or 30 years ago. He should pay me to send him a message!

Is that not Daley Thompson?

Rabies

schnitzelEater wrote: »

So what are you complaining about exactly?

I was doing him a favour and putting a link to his car on my wall. Sending me the link via FB was the quickest way to do it.

Needed to add him to do it. Will delete him in a few weeks. He won't notice.

IM0

yermandan wrote: »

So, Facebook are starting to charge people to contact celebs. The example in the article is around 11 Sterling to send an email to Tom Daley!!!

Is there anyone you would pay to contact? From what I can gather, there is no guarantee of a response.

Madness IMO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/08/facebook-charging-users-celebrities

yes. it is.

Mince Pie

Erm, have Facebook not heard of Twitter???

Caveman1

Its almost as ridiculous as people buying followers on twitter.

Dravokivich

Mince Pie wrote: »

Erm, have Facebook not heard of Twitter???

The idea is to reduce spam, by discouraging you from messaging those not on your friends list with financial penalties.

I don't agree with it entirely myself, as you could end up coming across the profile of someone you were briefly acquainted with through a friend and it's somewhat off putting to message them if you've to pay, where as it'd be more odd to just add them as friends beforehand without any message.

Caveman1 wrote: »

Its almost as ridiculous as people buying followers on twitter.

Same thing happened on facebook, wouldn't be too surprised if it's somewhat involved in this scheme too.

Lando Griffin

I would think the cast of Tallafornia will be delighted with this move.

PizzamanIRL

No.

I don't get why people get so obsessed about celebrities.

The sad thing is there's plenty of naive people out there who will cough up money to get a message from a celebrity.

Dravokivich

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

No.

I don't get why people get so obsessed about celebrities.

The sad thing is there's plenty of naive people out there who will cough up money to get a message from a celebrity.

You're missing the point. They aren't selling the ability for messaging a celebrity and to get a response from that celebrity. They are apparently looking to implement a series of charges for messaging people you aren't associated with as friends on Facebook. While basing said charges on how much public attention/worth the recipient holds.