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.
Or maybe you could just be Buffy, he'll see your amazing heart, and he'll fall in love with you.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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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.
Dana - Mar 19, 2008 1:15:01 pm PDT #6028 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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.
Jesse - Mar 19, 2008 1:34:35 pm PDT #6035 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Scrappy, that's so scary about your niece. I'm hoping for the best for her. Where is she? She just got on a plane the other day, right? I hope she's with her family.
It seems clear when they claim to care about the community, they are lying and/or incompetent.
Yes.
Allyson - Mar 19, 2008 1:35:35 pm PDT #6036 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I don't understand what the problem is with the ads. I mean, I pay for mine, I don't get any ads. Free account, you get ads. What's bugging people about it?
Jessica - Mar 19, 2008 1:37:30 pm PDT #6037 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It seems clear when they claim to care about the community, they are lying and/or incompetent.
From what I've read recently, they've solved this problem by admitting they don't give two shits about the community.