Facebook’s New Revenue Driver: Pay to Promote Your Status Updates

By  |  May 13, 2012
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In a move resembling Twitter’s “Promoted Tweets” product, Facebook is testing a feature that lets users pay money to promote their status updates.

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    “The feature is fairly simple: add a status update just like you would ordinarily, then pay to have it highlighted,” explains VentureBeat. “Highlighting will ensure that your friends actually see the status update, something you can’t otherwise count on. You can pay with their preferred credit card or PayPal.”

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