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Hello, Milliwaysers! I meant to get this post up yesterday, but then I accidentally a house full of cousins for twelve hours. Twelve! Relatives, I love you, but don't you know that I have the internet to attend to? Anyway.
Per Cam's last post on the subject, and given the fact that Dreamwidth staff will soon be lifting the final restrictions ( ( Read more... )
Per Cam's last post on the subject, and given the fact that Dreamwidth staff will soon be lifting the final restrictions ( ( Read more... )
The following reasons are why I say no, or at least, let us not decide this now nor in the near future.
Some reasons are much smaller and less important than others. I realize this, but, after all, in the end, this is about a game. One dear to many of us, one that many of us are invested in to one level or another--but it is, still, just a game. While it is important to many, I think that needs to be kept in mind.
The following are why I say Not At This Time:
1) The heat of the moment is not the best time, generally, to make decisions.
2) Some people will not be able to get the same username they have here.
3) I understand people feeling betrayed, in a way, by LJ: this as a big-time LJ screw-up. But I'd also say that 85-95% of the time they've made such screw-ups in the past, they have eventually fixed them. I'd like to give them time to do so now.
4) Money. I think this is a very large one, which should be given a great deal of thought. ( ... )
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More details can be found in the cost analysis part of this post, but in summary:
Paid account with 100 icons on DW: $17.50 (6 months) // $35 (12 months)
Paid account + 70-icon package on LJ: $21 (6 months) // $29.95 (12 months)
Premium account with 250 icons on DW: $25 (6 months) // $50 (12 months)
Paid account with 240 icon slots on LJ: $33 (6 months) // $49.95 (12 months)
The above does not include LJ's free loyalty userpics, but also assumes you are using LJ's automatic payments. If you have automatic payments turned off, LJ actually gets more expensive.
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That said, there is another issue, which in some ways troubles me more than the first. The other issue with money is that people have paid accounts here for pups already, some (many, I suspect) with extras. Since LJ does not allow the transfer of paid time, this money become effectively wasted.
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Honestly this post has done a huge amount for me in terms of understanding more of the thoughts going on behind things. Before it didn't really feel like there was a discussion going on as so many people have been so vocal in their choice to leave LJ that it made me unsure if the various other sides were being discussed.
This has shown me as I thought that they were and it feels right that the whole community is working through this. Thank you.
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So, no, I don't think they are going to fix anything.
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1) I would not call this, particularly, a heat of the moment decision? Release 88 was deployed on December 21st; that's nearly three weeks ago. The question of whether or not it was time to move came up almost immediately, and we have been mulling it over since then as we've watched DW open up community imports and deal with the influx, and other RP communities move over. This is not lightly considered.
2) This will be an inconvenience for some players, to be sure - but DW is young enough and small enough that in fact, most players are more likely to get the username they want (or that they wanted all along) on DW than they are on LJ. Game-wise, it would certainly be more convenient for us if all mirrors were given the same usernames as their LJ counterparts, but if they are not, it's not an insurmountable problem ( ... )
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