{"id":445,"date":"2010-01-19T21:45:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T21:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/01\/19\/charge-for-facebook-hoax\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:45","slug":"charge-for-facebook-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/01\/19\/charge-for-facebook-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Charge for Facebook Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After receiving a Facebook group invite to join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=247327758871\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">NO, I WILL NOT PAY $3.99 A MONTH TO USE FACE BOOK FROM JULY 9TH 2010!<\/a>, I decided to do a little research. Though I agree with the sentiment, I was dubious since this was the first I&#8217;d heard of Facebook charging for the popular service.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object2\/779\/79\/n247327758871_4405.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Found lots of people asking if this was true and nobody seemed to know for sure.  Thought it was all a harmless hoax until I decided to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Snopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/images\/template\/snopes.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t know, Snopes serves as the ultimate answers clearing house for Internet rumors and urban legends.  If it sounds too good to be true or it couldn&#8217;t possibly be true, Snopes is the place to find out.<\/p>\n<p>I searched for &quot;Facebook&quot; and &quot;charge&quot; and lo and behold look what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/computer\/internet\/fbcharge.asp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">I found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/16558649294b56250530160.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/5841704994b5625119c679.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIt elevated from a harmless hoax to something potentially very harmful.  Facebook has no plans to ever charge, so ignore any invites to any groups that say otherwise.  They are up to no good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After receiving a Facebook group invite to join NO, I WILL NOT PAY $3.99 A MONTH TO USE FACE BOOK FROM JULY 9TH 2010!, I decided to do a little research. 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