The
ongoing controversy surrounding ads on the LiveJournal site has erupted again with the latest
news post. Other than a brief mention of the
"policy discussion" on
lj_biz, the post served to announce new sponsored v-gifts that any LJ user can send for free (up to 10 per week). Many users are
complaining in the comments, pointing out that this is advertising that paid users will see (
paid users are not supposed to see ads). Others have gotten the idea to send
sponsored v-gifts to both
news and
lj_biz to voice their displeasure.
Information on how to block the sponsored v-gifts is
here. Also,
how to permanently delete any v-gifts you receive.