Comments on: Paying for Facebook?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:53:58 +0000

hahahaha – ohhhh little sister. You’re awesome.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:41:46 +0000

You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:20:16 +0000

@Bailey I understand your gripe with the “would” and “if” part of surveys, but how else is it going to be worded? The point of the survey is to find out what people would do if, in the future, Facebook charged a monthly fee. There wouldn’t be a need for a survey if Facebook just decided to start charging a monthly fee – you could just compare the data of pre/post numbers. So yes, all surveys that ask about a future behavior are flawed because it is asking a person how they would react and you can easily argue that people don’t actually know how they would react until the situation actually occurs, but we don’t really have any better options at the moment. My point is, there is still value in a survey like this, even if it is inherently flawed.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:09:38 +0000

My problem with this survey (and most surveys) is that there is always the “would” or “if.” It is asking people to assume how they would behave in that situation. It is easy to say you wouldn’t pay for facebook. But I am pretty sure that if that were to actually happen almost half of those 88 percenters would cough up 50 cents a month. Once they realize life without birthday reminders and easy contact messages, they would be more likely to see that there is a 50 cents a month value. You can say you can go elsewhere but you have years invested in facebook. I think 50 cents a month is better than locating friends all over again. Just my 2 cents (x 25).