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

Comments

[intrepia]

Regarding your second ETA, the cutoff is that accounts with a userid below 15136000 can convert back to basic.

[ex_uniquewo]

Edited to add. Thank you!

[mskala]

I wonder if I'll be able to make money by selling my Basic account.

[ex_uniquewo]

LOL. Isn't that forbidden by the TOS?

[scryren]

Damn, I was thinking the same thing. Not selling mine of course *hordes accounts*, but I was wondering if we'd start seeing accounts for sale.

[soleta_nf]

I can see that being done now (covertly, of course). Either selling or gifting.

[isiscolo]

Swiped from synecdochic, who I believe used to work for LJ:

Feedback about this fucking idiotic boneheaded fucking move goes on an actual physical postcard to:

Jason Shellen
576 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94105

Six Apart - Sales Department
548 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

[intrepia]

http://www.sup.com/en/contacts.html :-)

[ex_uniquewo]

ETA. Thanks again. :)

[paper_crystals]

I need to get a postcard. BADLY.

[sabbrielle]

After seeing your ETA2, I created a new account and went to make it basic, finding myself unable to. I then deleted the journal, and when asked what livejournal can do to improve its services, answered thusly:

"1) Get some morals.

2) Failing that, recognize that happy customers and trust between a corporation and its consumers are the foundations of *long-term* success. These flippant violations of consumer expectations may increase revenue in the short term--fill upper managements' pockets--but will ultimately lead to the downfall of the company. If the person reading this is not upper management (highly likely), I'd advise you to seek different employment if job security is a priority."

[mindrtist]

nice.

[pyrop]

Brad hates this too.

[ex_uniquewo]

Edited to add. Thank you!