After our discussion in class today about the Labor and New Media article, I started thinking about wealth the trade off of facebook being free, but still making money off of users. The ideas of wealth of user created content, and the online community as a product made me consider this: what if facebook wasn't free. Imagine if it cost money to sign up and be a facebook user. Would it still be popular? Would it have grown into the giant empire it is today, if from the beginning, it wasn't free. All throughout class, and even throughout the day today, I wondered if people would really pay to socialize online. Facebook has been such a huge part of new media and captures the attention of so many diverse people. I can't even begin to think about how much time I spent on facebook, but would I still spend the same amount of time on there if I had to pay to be a constant user. I encourage you to think about the same thing, and to let me know your thoughts.