Facebook to charge?

I may have posted about this before. I'd really love to know how this whole rumor started. I have to admit that I'm tired of constantly being invited to a whole bunch of these different "We will not pay for Facebook. If you charge, we're gone." groups. That may not be the exact name of a group, but that roughly the name of just about all of these groups. Do people really believe that?

Think seriously about it for a moment. There are several social networking sites, the two best known ones being MySpace and Facebook. The most popular of the two currently is Facebook. Now, if Facebook were to charge, people who are not willing to pay or don't have the money to pay for it if they were willing to pay, will leave and most likely go back to MySpace. The people who would pay for Facebook would leave not too much longer afterward because I'm sure most of their friends would be gone, and they won't see a point to paying for something when their friends are no longer there. This would lead to Facebook shutting down and their business being no more.

Would Facebook really be that stupid? There may be times when they have been "losing" money, but I'm sure they're making alot more money being free than they would if they charged for it.

I've done a search on Google for this kind of stuff, and there are several sites that have stated it's just a rumor. A scam. Something someone started in order to scare Facebook users away from Facebook. There's even an article on an official UK newspaper's (The Telegraph) website saying that Facebook CEOs and such have denied that they will charge for it.

I don't believe for a second they will charge for it. It seems that several of my friends believe it though with the amount of invites to these groups I've had to ignore.

Here are a few websites revealing it's a lie. A scam. Sure, there are several that say it's the truth, but I don't believe them. If it turns out to be true, then I'll apologize for being wrong. They'd be retards though if they do and don't want to become a forgotten part of the Internet.

Pay to Use Facebook [SCAM]
Telegraph - Facebook dismisses rumours of charging plans
CNN - Why you'll never have to pay for Facebook
Facebook Is NOT Turning Into A Pay Site