The free market is running its course. If someone were to create a facebook that pays its users for every bit of info that they upload about themselves, would i

The free market is running its course. If someone were to create a facebook that pays its users for every bit of info that they upload about themselves, would it reach the same level of popularity? That would depend on social factors and how much a user can earn. I do know that "paid to post" online forums are soulless places with very little actual engagement between users, which is not the case with the facebooks of the world. There does seem to be a perceived trade-off in the social networks; you receive information about your peers for free in return for the information you give up about yourself.