Social networking could charge
According to a report by Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, social networking websites such as MySpace could start charging some of their users in 2007.
According to Deloitte’s team, as social networking sites attract an older audience, the latter may be ready to pay to insure that their privacy is respected (regarding personal videos, pictures and such).
Websites could thus charge a premium subscription, which would give users extra security and interface options.
However, making users pay access to social networking websites could also hinder the websites’ growth, as experimented by Friends Reunited, which hasn’t been performing as well as its rivals.