<p>Facebook is updating its messaging service with new filters and paid messages.</p><p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney)</p><p>The test, which will only be available to a "small number of people" in the United States, is Facebook's response to a common user complaint: that important messages are getting lost in the social network's spam filter. Currently, Facebook delivers messages it thinks are relevant to users' inbox -- messages from friends, or friends of friends -- but other messages that Facebook believes are spam get sent to a little-noticed "other" folder.</p><p>That "other" folder is littered with mostly unwanted messages from people not connected with the user. But on occasion, those out-of-network messages may be important.</p><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/21/technology/social/facebook-messaging/index.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20121225_52_E3_CUTLIN735989">Tech Tuesday: Facebook messaging system is not liked</a> (Tulsa World)</p><p><a href="http://bdaily.co.uk/technology/26-12-2012/facebook-begin-paid-messaging-experiment/">Facebook begin paid messaging experiment</a> (bdaily)</p><p><a href="http://www.telecompaper.com/news/facebook-tests-new-paid-messaging-feature--915723">Facebook tests new paid messaging feature</a> (Telecompaper (subscription))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dW2YAr-Li_ilHgMluVV_d9OQtxeCM&ned=us">28 additional articles.</a></p>