Ask HN: Would you pay for an ad free Facebook account?

I think someday in the future I'd be willing to pay for an ad-free social media platform. I wouldn't do this for facebook though, they just aren't trustworthy as a company.

Whether or not Facebook is paid or free or not, it would still be a place populated by a list of friends/family you either barely know or don't see IRL, spouting unsolicited opinions or posting uninteresting baby pictures, etc. And I think ads would probably still sneak in, via fake accounts that just spam and share products. Maybe some of the noise would be cut down via people quitting the platform, but the worst offenders are addicted to facebook, so I think they'd stay.

I quit facebook probably two years ago and there's really not one thing about it I miss, so I certainly wouldn't pay for it.

I would, but I probably wouldn't pay enough for it to be worthwhile for Facebook. I guess they earn way more a year from me than I'd be willing to pay.

I wouldn't, since Ublock offers the same functionality for free.

I don't use FB.

However I paying for WSJ app.

Generally i'd pay for quality content without being pestered by ads.

If I'd religiously use FB or do business on FB - I'd probably do having a choice.

No matter what you answer to this question, you viewing FB ads is worth more to FB than what you're willing to pay.

No. I have had ads that were relevant to me plenty of times. In fact some ads have help me further my career.

Personally no. I don't use Facebook though which is probably why.

Why bother? FB is too much of a mess.