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I am not sure selling privacy is such a great idea. People tend to see privacy as more of a right then a privilege and facebook's actions of late has been viewe
by silkodyssey 16y ago
I am not sure selling privacy is such a great idea. People tend to see privacy as more of a right then a privilege and facebook's actions of late has been viewed as a violation of these rights. To ask users to pay to keep their content private would probably make matters worse and send facebook on a similar path to the one mugabe took zimbabwe on.
I think the premium services model is an interesting one however. This could provide an additional revenue source for facebook but I think it raises an interesting question. Are the users of facebook more valuable to the company as customers or as products. Or in other words, is there more money to be made in advertising than in premium services?
With all the brain power and talent of the people at facebook it's likely that these ideas and more have already been considered and in the initiatives that the company has taken recently shows which model they prefer.
- OoTheNigerian 16y agoI agree it will be risky to change privacy now, but inconsistency is really bad. That should chose a way and stick to it. I doubt that the revenue per user is up to $10/year. That will be $4bn every year. So even if they get only 10 million paying, it will be a better return per user.
- silkodyssey 16y agoTheres no doubt that it would be a profitable venture but Facebook is concerned about more than just profit and at the moment. I get the impression that revenue is not their primary concern or least they aren't focused on maximizing revenue at the moment. Instead they're tweaking their product and growing the userbase to try to position themselves to maximize revenues later and become a force in the business world to compete with the likes of Google, Apple, Microsoft etc.