Why is facebook free?

by Kenzi • 21 Dec 2011, 22:01 • Journals
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From the beginning, the people who built Facebook wanted it to be free for everyone. It now costs over a billion dollars a year to run Facebook, and delivering ads is how Facebook pays for this.

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So stop worrying people, they say they do not sell our personal information!!!

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niSmO 21 Dec 2011, 22:03
adverts. fuck off
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Nub 21 Dec 2011, 22:05
old

there gamecredit store , so its not entirely free
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miNd 21 Dec 2011, 22:06
dont really give a fuck even they would give out my information, why would i care
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huumeantti 21 Dec 2011, 23:00
so you like it when others earn money on your behalf? without you having any profit?
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miNd 21 Dec 2011, 23:24
Quoteso you like it when others earn money on your behalf? without you having any profit?


Thats just a fucking retarded way to think, lol.

Maybe i dont mind it cause im using a FREE product that doesnt COST me anything and is useful?
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huumeantti 21 Dec 2011, 23:36
but facebook is so shit :(
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miNd 21 Dec 2011, 23:42
Lets be honest here, no matter how much u hate it, it really aint shit.
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huumeantti 21 Dec 2011, 23:43
it killed msn, and now i have to use shitty fb chat to talk to friends, not so nice no. there's really no other use of facebook other than that
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miNd 21 Dec 2011, 23:44
Sure there is, events, news and so on, also lots of hot bitches to wank over
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huumeantti 21 Dec 2011, 23:51
Yeah....events, of which I attend about 5% since the rest are bullshit, news? what news? And, why the fuck would you wank at facebook bitches, there's loads of porn on tha interwebs
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infect 22 Dec 2011, 00:03
Seems like someone hasnt got many friends :(

Edit.

And btw, you can use msn for your FB chat, dude :D
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 00:11
I have 173 friends, I am so amazing, and I do use msn for chat, but others don't anymore :/
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infect 22 Dec 2011, 12:31
It doesnt matter if others use or not, MSN can use FB contacts to chat :D

The newest version on Windows Live Messenger.
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 12:47
really? i must download it then, i hope they didn't fuck up the layout as 300 times before
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infect 22 Dec 2011, 13:40
layout is fucked :P
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 14:03
then i wont download :(
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infect 22 Dec 2011, 14:12
but you'll get used to it very soon + you can change the layout
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 14:17
could you tell me the name of the latest version, so i can check screenshots and shit
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infect 22 Dec 2011, 18:26
dno. just go to the main site :D
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 10:25
Quotebut facebook is so shit :(
Quoteit killed msn
Somethings terribly wrong with your argumentation. also hating someone or something because of earning money on your behalf with you not having a share of it is the worst way of admitting that someone has simply outsmarted or outdone you. (e.g. hating on banks because they get a higher %-cut of money than you do, so you hate them, or hating super markets because they pay less for the goods than you do)
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 10:44
I don't actually care about it, I was just playing the role of the devil's advocate.
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 11:08
in short "don't care TROLOOLOLOLO"...seriously -.-
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 11:18
I wasn't trolling, I play devil's advocate on a daily basis, it's just what I do.
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 11:28
in that case i don't quite get your intention. were you trying to make fun of an opinion no one even had before you brought it up? or were you trying to point out the obvious?
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 11:31
there is no intention, other than showing others a new point of view they might have never considered before
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 11:33
i suppose anyone who even remotely has ever spent a thought about generating revenue with a website knows how fb earns money, so not anything new here imo :P
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huumeantti 22 Dec 2011, 12:14
:(
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 12:16
deepest apologees, sickness and boredomness does that to me ^^
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Baz 22 Dec 2011, 01:48
That all depends on what people give facefail with user info in the first place, ffs, it's there own fault if they enter to many personal details.
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koop 21 Dec 2011, 22:06
the one in the front pimping those bitches
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infernal 21 Dec 2011, 22:13
Can't decide wich cancer you are.
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PHOTO 21 Dec 2011, 22:23
the black shrimpled one
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infernal 22 Dec 2011, 00:04
With the long gay hair?
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arca 21 Dec 2011, 22:15
If this is news to you, please, get off the fucking Internet.
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Kenzi 21 Dec 2011, 22:24
I always knew that, just discovered the facebook page.
And a lot of people don't like to use Facebook because they "sell personal information to third parties"
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quebratolas 21 Dec 2011, 22:57
i have seen you on webcam

CAN I STILL GUESS ?
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Kenzi 21 Dec 2011, 23:04
FUFUFUFUFUFU unfair :C
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Brisk 21 Dec 2011, 22:21
Goku be trollin' hardcore for that award. :)
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b4lu 21 Dec 2011, 22:25
the one on the left side with the pink jacket and pink lip gloss
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Blindi 21 Dec 2011, 22:28
what is that thing with a pink shirt?
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homiee 22 Dec 2011, 04:50
its called a goku

image: KingColdNV
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oLGaa 22 Dec 2011, 11:08
she would look much better with a monobrow
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kartez 21 Dec 2011, 22:28
lol kids partying
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imPluX 21 Dec 2011, 22:41
whats facebook?
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fLAP 21 Dec 2011, 22:41
whahahaha
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DiNg 21 Dec 2011, 22:55
party hard pic
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NzZ 21 Dec 2011, 23:04
Een neger die carnaval viert nooit meegemaakt.
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bLizzi 21 Dec 2011, 23:05
the one with the face like ":D"



:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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RASHOMON 21 Dec 2011, 23:05
Do people actually complain about information sells? It's more like information detainment, even when you deleted them. This isn't legal
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rossko 21 Dec 2011, 23:36
the guy behind the one with the grey hoodie.
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casek 22 Dec 2011, 00:05
The guy dressed like a cop
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twiQz 22 Dec 2011, 00:05
THE BLACK ONE
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Baz 22 Dec 2011, 01:50
QuoteWhy is facebook free?
Posted by Goku on Wednesday 21st December 2011, 21:01 GMT


Quoteand delivering ads is how Facebook pays for this.


Didnt you just answer the question right there ???
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Kenzi 22 Dec 2011, 02:53
If someone uses search he would find the right journal :)
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5H1V4 22 Dec 2011, 02:38
So he can give your personal info to CIA, FBI, etc. Facebook is where retard people share everything. easiest way to share personal info n1 would ever share other way
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DeactSeareal 22 Dec 2011, 03:13
ur telling me that facebook has more info about you then FBI files ??????????
budalo jedna
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Desh 22 Dec 2011, 07:36
no, its true. thats why my dad doesn't use facebook ;)
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5H1V4 22 Dec 2011, 13:35
FBI gets your very personal informations from facebook.
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DeactSeareal 22 Dec 2011, 03:24
the 14yr old one.. oh wait
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Keithh 22 Dec 2011, 03:45
Wa een lelijke wijven
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Kenzi 22 Dec 2011, 06:41
Die linkse is toch lekker
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koshito 22 Dec 2011, 06:25
first I was like hmm is stupid...

but then I was like hmmm is nigger...

oh wait a sec, its the same right?

ps: Just kidding Goku ma8, I like teh picture* :)
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SsAP 22 Dec 2011, 10:30
not that the ads only cover the costs to keep the system running :P

though i have to say that they're pretty shit at providing personalized ads

e: so whats the point of this journal anyway, was this big news to you or something?
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