Survey: Most people wouldn't pay for Facebook

Pay or leave? Alpha surveyed 1163 Facebook users. In other results, respondents overwhelmingly said that they’d leave the service if the company began to charge $1 per month for key features like private messaging, seeing/registering for events, and seeing/registering for groups.

One-on-one messaging: 84% would probably leave Facebook, 16% would pay.

Events: 87% would probably leave Facebook, 13% would pay.

Groups: 84% would probably leave Facebook, 16% would pay.