WARNING: Facebook Gold, Silver, Bronze Member Pricing Status Update Is A Hoax

OK, let’s try this again: Facebook will never charge its users to gain access to the social network. Yet messages to that effect are finding their way onto users’ walls yet again.

OK, let’s try this again: Facebook will never charge its users to gain access to the social network. Yet messages to that effect are finding their way onto users’ walls yet again.

Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported that the latest version is the following all-caps monstrosity (unedited):

FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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