<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/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-testing-for-pay-messaging/">Facebook is testing a pay-for messaging service, effectively putting a price ...</a> (Digital Trends)</p><p><a href="http://www.news10.net/news/national/222046/5/Facebook-to-test-paid-messaging-service">Facebook to test paid-messaging service</a> (News10.net)</p><p><a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/68243-facebook-tests-paid-messaging-service">Facebook tests paid messaging service</a> (TG Daily)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=deVz8ddTuu5Hq1M2mv0B_Tj5sg8xM&ned=us">641 additional articles.</a></p>