At Another Dramatic Bit...

[byslantedlight]

Hello from Australia! I'm on the opposite side of the planet to normal, which is a little tricky for modding Dialj, but that's okay. *g*

The thing is... I've had my yearly notification that my Extra Userpics package is about to expire (my paid lj is due to expire in January). I wrote in as I've had to do for the past few years, and said that much

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[cloudless_9193]

Hi, I have the same problem, as LJ informed me in September that they cannot guarantee that they will be able to renew paid services as a gift again in the future. So I've prepared myself that the paid package will be gone in January and opened a free account on Twitter (1000 pictures free) and moved all my images that exceed 1 GB on LJ to Flickr and just post on LJ using the Flickr source. As to the user pics, I never had so many, so no changes in my case.

I hope I could help with this information. :-)

[byslantedlight]

Thanks - interesting to hear. Last December when this happened they extended for a year, and actually for an additional month because I posted to lj between certain dates (I'd been hoping to do more, but...) I'm hoping that they might just let everything slide for those of us who can't pay etc., rather than losing our accounts altogether, but I suspect there are few enough of us left that they might not really care any more... I suppose I might just be downgraded to a free account, but then I'd lose the customisation I love about lj.

I've got other social media accounts, but not really for Pros, because people are still mostly here. And there's nowhere else that could host Discoveredinalj the same way either, so that will have to end too. I'll never join Twitter though - I refuse to support that unpleasant man in any way. I didn't know Flickr was still going - I used to have an account there! I guess I'll have to see what happens!

[sc_fossil]

Just wishing you good luck with the LJ. Mine is permanent so I have no clue about the other type. Have a good visit to Australia!

[byslantedlight]

Thanks - guess I'll have to see what happens tomorrow when my userpics officially expire. That might be some indication of what will happen when my paid lj officially expires in January...

[macklingirl]

I had the same problem two weeks ago and wrote to them to say I would love to pay but can't. They told me that they couldn't say what they would do in the future and that I should use the app yoomoney, but I can't because it is blocked in Germany. But I have all the user-pics I had before and my LJ account expires in March so I will see what will happen then. Maybe this crazy war will stop and everything will go back to normal. (wishful thinking) I think I should shift all my images onto another side but some are NSFW so Flickr could cause problems.

[sallymn]

They've been making the extra pics free for several years now so I guess it had to stop at some time, but I have till next April for mine and will see what happens then. I do love my userpics... even if I know I don't need all of them.

[byslantedlight]

Mine has expired today, and I've had an email saying so, but in fact my Userpic page said I'd uploaded 173 out of 322 user pics, and just to be cheeky I tried uploading another one (this one) and it worked! So I guess we'll see...

I mean, there's a really specific reason we can't make payments to a Russian company right now, and absolutely nothing we can do about it, so I hope they let it slide... Although I'm kind of surprised they feel there's enough of an English-speaking lj-base still to support at all...

[curiouswombat]

My experience, in the UK, is the same as yours.

[ali15son]

Mine comes to an end in february so like you, i wait and see.

[byslantedlight]

My userpics still seem to be there, although I had an email today saying the package was officially expired - and in fact I was able to upload a new one just now, so I guess all we can do is wait and see...

[ariss_tenoh]

Enjoy the trip!