Beats me.
I've only been alive for ::mumble:: years. In my lifetime I feel it is worse at the moment than it was previously. It's certainly encouraged when countries are at war. It's probably cyclical like damn near everything else?
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Mar 19, 2008 12:36:57 pm PDT #6025 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Sheryl - Mar 19, 2008 1:08:01 pm PDT #6026 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Scrappy, I'm sorry. Healing~ma sent.
bon bon - Mar 19, 2008 1:12:24 pm PDT #6027 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
What is going on with LJ? Did I read the front page right that they secretly dropped the ability to create free accounts?
Dana - Mar 19, 2008 1:15:01 pm PDT #6028 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Did I read the front page right that they secretly dropped the ability to create free accounts?
Pretty much, yeah.
Edit: Ad-free accounts, that is. You still have the option of having a "Plus" account, which is free but has ads on the page.
Burrell - Mar 19, 2008 1:27:18 pm PDT #6029 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hmm. So I take it the next step is to eventually convert all basic accounts to ones with ads on them, right?
Dana - Mar 19, 2008 1:27:46 pm PDT #6030 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If that's the case, they're not admitting it.
amych - Mar 19, 2008 1:28:24 pm PDT #6031 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
For now, they're saying that the change is for new accounts and older basic accounts are unchanged. But I'd trust 'em about as far as I can throw 'em.
Burrell - Mar 19, 2008 1:29:33 pm PDT #6032 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So you think they will continue to support those users ( ahem like me) for free?
bon bon - Mar 19, 2008 1:31:29 pm PDT #6033 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't have a lot invested in LJ but this kind of sneaky behavior is DUM. It seems clear when they claim to care about the community, they are lying and/or incompetent.
amych - Mar 19, 2008 1:32:17 pm PDT #6034 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So you think they will continue to support those users ( ahem like me) for free?
They definitely aren't going to start charging you or feeding you ads tomorrow or anything like that. My cynicism is more that 6 months or a year from now, they'll decide that, hey, wouldn't ads for everyone be a great idea after all.