The end of Basic accounts 0_o

[ex_uniquewo]

Account creation:When creating a new account you're no longer asked to choose an account level. You're only asked if you want to upgrade to a paid account. It is not mentioned anywhere that you can have a free and advertising-free account.

krysaia tells us why: "Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No

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[krysaia]

Apparently new accounts will never be able to switch to Basic - see FAQ #38.

[trobadora]

WHAT.

Okay, that is just... *seethes*

[tgies]

that is just...

business

[trobadora]

Not notifying users of major changes to the site isn't good business practice, though.

[ex_uniquewo]

Edited to add. Thanks. It's funny how I/we expected that and yet I'm still surprised. Guess I didn't expected it to happen so soon.