A moment of your time please
Recently, LJ has decided to discontinue the creation of basic accounts. Any new journals that are made will automatically be forced to be a plus account, complete with ads, if the creator doesn't choose to keep the account PAID. Not only was this choice made without consulting their advisory board, it was attempted to be hidden by the staff members. When they were asked about this choice they addressed LJ as a whole by being condescending and trying to use spin control. This is not the first time LJ has done something that has left it's community going '...wtf'. It is not even the first time it's effected writers like us as I'm sure some, if not all of you, remember the strike-through fiasco awhile back when LJ was still owned by SixApart. As writers in this sort of format we are directly effected by this choice of forced ads on free accounts as we tend to make new muse journals as the inspiration hits us. I know I personally keep several of my muse journals as well as my friends muse journals paid, and some I keep basic as I can't stand ads. We were promised awhile back that ads would never be forced on us. They changed their policy and they failed to have respect for us as community members to inform of us this change or handle our questions with respect. We have always run fandom_muses fairly. We don't want to move the community to insanejournal if the majority of you wish to stay. That is why we are having this poll. It would be preferred if you only voted with one of your muses. We have a contact list so we'll be able to keep track of how many muses each of your votes count for. Basically we just want to get a feel for what the community wants to do here.
Insanejournal does not force ads on it's free accounts. It does offer 100 icons and a variety of services for free. It's owner communicates with it's community members. LJ has been around since 2001 and has gone through several changes reflecting the change in ownership. Basically, we'll understand if you want to move and we'll understand if you'd prefer to stay. We'd just like to know what the majority of you want to do so we can react accordingly. We're truly enjoyed having each and everyone of you in our community and want to continue to have you here no matter where fandom_muses calls home. So, please, take a moment and make yourself heard.
Thank you,
Ashy on behalf of the FM Mods
Poll Should we move to insane journal?
Insanejournal does not force ads on it's free accounts. It does offer 100 icons and a variety of services for free. It's owner communicates with it's community members. LJ has been around since 2001 and has gone through several changes reflecting the change in ownership. Basically, we'll understand if you want to move and we'll understand if you'd prefer to stay. We'd just like to know what the majority of you want to do so we can react accordingly. We're truly enjoyed having each and everyone of you in our community and want to continue to have you here no matter where fandom_muses calls home. So, please, take a moment and make yourself heard.
Thank you,
Ashy on behalf of the FM Mods
Poll Should we move to insane journal?