Facebook starts charging to highlight posts

Facebook has started experimenting with charging its users to highlight posts to their friends.

Users in New Zealand this week have discovered an option to pay a sum ranging from £1.25 to 25p ($2 – 15c) to highlight their posts. What was initially thought to be a con trick was later confirmed to be an experimental feature by Facebook.

Facebook has recently been experimenting with various different new revenue models as they try to find ways to monitise their site.

What do you of this new feature would any “normal” Facebook user pay to highlight their posts or will it just be businesses?