How many people are going to 'like' this? Facebook starts charging UK users up to £10 to send messages to celebritiesSliding scale of up to £10.68 to message those outside friendship circle
Fans pay full price to contact diver Tom Daly, but just 71p for Miranda Hart
Facebook says 'priority messages' stop users being bombarded with spamBy Tom Kelly
8 April 2013
Facebook has started charging users up to £10 to message celebrities and others outside their circle of friends.
Under the trial scheme, it costs 71p to send a standard message on the social networking site.
But the fees vary depending on the popularity of the recipient, with a current maximum charge of £10.68 to contact celebrities such as Olympic diver Tom Daley.
Top dollar: Facebook users will pay £10.69 to contact celebrities including diver Tom Daley, seen using his mobile phone during practice at the Aquatics Centre before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Popular: It will cost users more to send a message to the young Olympic diver via Facebook than to less popular, or non-celebrity users
It puts him a tier above U.S. gangster rapper Snoop Dogg and Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie, both of whom cost £10.08 to message.
And in what may cause some embarrassment, many well-known figures such as broadcaster Louis Theroux and comedian Miranda Hart can currently be contacted for the standard charge of 71p.
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