Will you pay for Facebook?

in steemit •  7 years ago 


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This may not be a universally popular sentiment but I have enjoyed Facebook tremendously over the years. It was my introduction to social media and it connected me to a multitude of people from all over the world.

  1. Many of my peers have left South Africa over the years as crime and poverty grew in direct proportion to corruption in government. Facebook kept me connected to them.
  2. My school years are very far behind me and I had lost contact with friends from those years until Facebook came.
  3. I have been able to announce to a wide audience news about whatever project kept me busy and I gained support as a result.
  4. I developed new skills and grew comfortable in a constantly changing environment.


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Then I discovered Steemit! It is also social, more so than Facebook in many ways. I'm convinced that I've come to know people better than on Facebook as I read their own thoughts written down. The emphasis on original content almost always adhered to on Steemit guarantees this. And to top it all, I can earn cryptocurrency on Steemit! It has become the first cryptocurrency I ever owned!

I still find this amazing. Someone as brand-new and inexperienced as I am can enter this world, create content, find an audience, earn and help others to earn. A great idea. A grand idea. A game changer!

Why have we never thought of this before?

Why is Facebook not doing this?

Then I read an article on a local news site asking the question, 'Will you pay for Facebook?'

Pay? Pay?!? As in me pay Facebook to do what Steemit pays me to do?

The article starts like this:

Facebook has been conducting market research in recent weeks to determine whether an ad-free version paid by subscriptions would spur more people to join the social network, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The company has studied such an option in the past, but now there’s more internal momentum to pursue it in light of Facebook’s recent privacy data scandal.
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Am I the only person who finds this completely baffling? In a world where Steemit exists, there is a guy who thinks he can get us to pay to create content. Huh?

Part of me thinks this is a hoax. Part of me thinks this world might just be crazy enough for it to be real.

If all the time I had spent on Facebook over the years creating content, I had spent on Steemit instead, my wealth would be huge! Just imagine how many friends I could have if I was rich instead of just pretty...

Please share your opinion with me!

@reonlouw

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I dont do facebook because it is a waste of time. But i really spent much time on steemit because i know my time in steemit is not wasted. I gained more knowledge, friends and money. But i dont think paying facebook is true or else very few people will be left in facebook just my own opinion. rubelynmacion of krypto

You're making right statement facebook connect so many people together in this world I can't imagine what is going to happen when there is no social media like facebook @bodymanual pls I meed you to follow me back and upvote my post

I´m not sure enough people have questioned the role FB plays in people´s live. It´s biting back now. They have banned crypto ads. Why? They will have their own in no time and could shake up the crypto world. The privacy issue is paramount. Still, if people put themselves out there, what do you expect ? @bon-nom

@ifran, I gave you an upvote on your first post! Please give me a follow and I will give you a follow in…

I only will pay for steemit!
@kryptonia

Facebook is to connect with loved ones and long time lost friends,, so as to pay for it ,, i will because it has helped me a lot and still does...

really helpful information. @Kryptonia

I think it's okay to pay facebook because i know most of us uses facebook and some are getting abusive . Thank-you for featuring me hehe that was long time ago but I cant forget hehe thank-you

upvoted, from kryptonia :)