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imaria in ljspeaks

New post in lj_2008

Mar 20, 2008 00:48

http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/3846.html

Highlights include:

"The announcement last Wednesday was a mistake in regards to Basic accounts, as the change was not clearly stated, it did not allow for you to provide feedback, and went into effect immediately. Many of you have pointed ( Read more... )

no more basic accounts, official communities, sup, nossik

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connie_chung March 20 2008, 05:15:18 UTC

You forgot the beautiful:
"Subscriptions - Should moderators be able to charge for access to closed communities?"

That made my jaw drop in shock

imaria March 20 2008, 05:23:02 UTC

Ai-ya, I actually missed that one. Into the post it goes!

surprisesex March 20 2008, 06:34:45 UTC

hahaha, for camwhores I bet.

connie_chung March 20 2008, 09:02:35 UTC

Basically, yes. Some people are reading this as if LJ might add support for access fees. But what has happened is that they've discovered someone charging for access, and now they're trying to figure-out how to go about prohibitting it.

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crowdog66 March 20 2008, 06:28:54 UTC

It's a start. It's bought them some time with me; at least now I'm willing to stick around and see what happens next.

Still taking part in the Content Strike, though, and setting up a blog and some communities over on IJ. I don't trust the LiveJournal staff to keep their promises, no matter how shiny.

anonymous March 20 2008, 06:30:34 UTC

Of course, were they sincere, then they'd roll-back the elimination of Basic accounts and run through the proper procedure. but if they were sincere, they they'd also not be stone-walling on the Popular Interests censorship.

And yet they're still holding onto the Useful Idiots who encourage continued dialogue, as in drop[ping] LJ a line regarding this and other matters.

casynne March 21 2008, 00:56:05 UTC

I apologize for such a silly question, but, as I've been away from Lj for a couple of months, I want to know whether I need to worry about losing my two basic Lj accounts. What's happening?

A short answer would be fine, thank you! :)

casynne March 21 2008, 04:26:41 UTC

You are in no immediate danger of losing your Basic accounts; no more Basic personal accounts can be created.

princessatta April 2 2008, 18:21:51 UTC

I'm slightly annoyed with the fact that if you create a new journal (which I did just earlier this morning!) you still have the option of having a basic account! So I selected it, but instead I was not given a Basic Account, but a Plus Account. Why tease newcomers like that? If you're going to implement this ridiculous new feature then I suggest you get rid of this option! If not, keep the option and do away with the feature.

Why exactly were basic accounts such a problem? Can't you just put ads somewhere else instead of on people's personal journals? I mean, honestly, who's really going to go clicking on some ad they see on their personal LJ? I don't think this makes too much sense unless the company desperately needed the support...