Now..You need to pay $1 per message, if you want to contact someone non-friend on Facebook. Will it be good for Facebook? Will it help the Facebook stock to go even higher? It seems like Facebook is trying to restrict the people from interaction..which might help another start up to take advantage and promote their own social network.
Launched in 2011, the "other" folder is where Facebook routes messages it deems less relevant. Not quite spam, these include messages from people you most likely don't know, based on Facebook's reading of your social connections. Many users ignore this folder.
Now, users will be able to pay $1 to route their messages to non-friends. Facebook said on Thursday that it is testing the service with a small percentage of individuals - not businesses - in the US.
Facebook said it is testing the service with a small percentage of individuals in the US.
"For example, if you want to send a message to someone you heard speak at an event but are not friends with, or if you want to message someone about a job opportunity, you can use this feature to reach their Inbox," Facebook said in an online post. "For the receiver, this test allows them to hear from people who have an important message to send them."
The company says charging for messages could help discourage spammers.
In October, Facebook unveiled another feature that lets users pay if they want more people to read their updates. For $7, users can promote a post to their friends, just as advertisers do.
