Hmm. So I take it the next step is to eventually convert all basic accounts to ones with ads on them, right?
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
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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!
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.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2008 1:38:36 pm PDT #6038 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They may care about the community, but that doesn't mean they care about me. If that makes sense.
Me, they actually don't care about, because I snagged a permanent account a ways back, so I can't display my umbrage even vaguely meaningfully. Just as well that I'm not toting any at the moment.
Mostly I'm with Allyson.
The community they care about may be one without people who don't like this new move in it.