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[winniewong]

It's been a while since we've posted because we've been pretty busy with the Sponsored+ launch.

There were a bunch of us here that were holding our breath. It was a big launch for us, and forced us to get more infrastructure in place that will help us ship things faster in the future. I for one am pretty happy that we've launched it because even

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[sara_wolfe]

I think it would be helpful to have a demo LJ account that demonstrates how the ads will be used, and how they can be customized or something similar. That might turn people on to signing up.

[tiferet]

I think CProd/Clippy is the most annoying thing ever. I am especially annoyed with the way it shows up on all my free RPG accounts telling me to upgrade them to Sponsored+ so that I can spam my 1942 era RPG with zillions of 2006 ads including flash and graphics. I wish I could make it go away.

[burr86]

Hit the "view all" link and that'll let you remove a module from the rotation; we only have a handful of modules, which is why you're seeing the same one over and over and over again. (Eventually, individual tips will have a "don't show me this again" option, I believe.)

[tiferet]

Thank you--I've actually done that with several of my accounts already--but I really hate having Sponsored+ pushed at me on all my free accounts, especially since people with Sponsored+ accounts don't just have to view ads themselves, they force all other free users who read their posts to view them too. For which reason I have told the people in the RPGs I run that if they go to Sponsored+ I'll remove their accounts from the game.

[foxfirefey]

What browser do you use? I think I could give you instructions to make it go away using User Style sheets, as well. That might be less of a pain than going through and dismissing all the prods.

[tasha]

Does this mean livejournal will figure out how to make sponsored accounts compatible with S1 customizations?

[foxfirefey]

If you use Firefox, could you try this out and tell me if it works?

If you use another browser, tell me what it is and I'll try to find instructions on how to apply user style sheets to it.

[foxfirefey]

Did you restart the browser?

It didn't work for me until I restarted the browser.

[_swallow]

I find Clippy just plain annoying, but not as annoying as the "Upgrade to Sponsored+!" advertisement I see on my login page even though I have a Permanent account, because I could at least remove the Clippy advertisements after clicking a few times.

[_swallow]

... I mean, didn't it clue you off that your Wikipedia link was full of references to the fact that "Clippy" is famously irritating to users?

[winniewong]

Of course! That was part of the joke. Hopefully, someone other than me thinks it's funny. :)

[_swallow]

I see. I suppose I didn't anticipate the possibility of deliberate irony.