Not for Facebook, no. I won't take it for free. However, I think that maybe you have a germ of an idea. The thing is, what is important about a social networ

Not for Facebook, no. I won't take it for free. However, I think that maybe you have a germ of an idea. The thing is, what is important about a social network? the other people on the network. If you had a quality filter on that network, sure, I'd pay a buck. Some people would even argue that the buck /is/ a quality filter... to some extent, it is, if you use that dollar to verify the identity of the user in question. (I mean, this is important more on professional networks, like linkedin) but yeah, in some contexts? that'd be great. but, if you mean "can facebook make money from charging people a buck a year?" my guess is "probably not." - it would have to be a niche network.