Comments on: Would you pay for no Facebook ads?

By: jasonofcompsci

jasonofcompsci — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:49:11 +0000

It's economics. Never is the question yes or no, it's how much. I would pay a dollar a month to not have ads slow down the load time. The problem is that in those ads are placed there by out sourcing to other sites though Java Script. Even if a facebook page could load quickly, the connection hangs because the ads's servers are too unresponsive for a fast connection like mine. Most of the time when I wait for a page to load its because of the site, not my connection.

So yes, 1 dollar a month is worth not sitting through page loadings when I otherwise wouldn't have to.

By: jasonofcompsci

jasonofcompsci — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:49:11 +0000

It's economics. Never is the question yes or no, it's how much. I would pay a dollar a month to not have ads slow down the load time. The problem is that in those ads are placed there by out sourcing to other sites though Java Script. Even if a facebook page could load quickly, the connection hangs because the ads's servers are to unresponsive for a fast connection like mine. Most of the time when I wait for a page to load its because of the site, not my connection.

So yes, 1 dollar a month is worth not sitting through page loadings when I otherwise wouldn't have to.

By: Mesothelioma Attorney

Mesothelioma Attorney — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:13:25 +0000

No thats Bullshit No one will ever pay for that

By: Process Piping

Process Piping — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:52:16 +0000

I am going to close my facebook ads account too.I have more than 240$ free credit inside but it expired soon

By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:10:12 +0000

Great post Mathew.

The pressing question is actually: ‘How Will Facebook pass the EU’s Privacy Test?’

There are fairly strict Data Protection laws in the UK, for example.

Here are a few:

* Data may only be used for the specific purposes for which it was collected.

* Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about, unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). It is an offence for Other Parties to obtain this personal data without authorisation.

* Individuals have a right of access to the information held about them, subject to certain exceptions (for example, information held for the prevention or detection of crime).

* Personal information may be kept for no longer than is necessary.

* Personal information may not be transmitted outside the EEA unless the individual whom it is about has consented or adequate protection is in place, for example by the use of a prescribed form of contract to govern the transmission of the data.

* Subject to some exceptions for organisations that only do very simple processing, and for domestic use, all entities that process personal information must register with the Information Commissioner.

* Entities holding personal information are required to have adequate security measures in place. Those include technical measures (such as firewalls) and organisational measures (such as staff training).

Culled from a really comprehensive post on Mashable here:
http://mashable.com/2007/11/09/facebook-asks-can-we-see-your-id/

My offer of Â£7.50 per month for a Facebook subscription without ads now seems a little… foolish. What’s the point if agreeing to the Terms of Use mean that the privacy laws designed to protect me above, cannot.

Hmm…

Having said that, it will be interesting to see how Facebook’s core demographic take to the ads.

It is quite possible that they might not care.