Comments | ala_mokita: Free vs. Pay

ala_mokita

Free vs. Pay

Mar 30, 2010 09:08

I have a free LJ account. Which means, when I sign-on, there's a 45 second advert in my face every time. I've developed the habit of opening a quick game, or turning away to something else for that time, thus robbing them of my eyeballs. However this doesn't lessen the minor frustration which sent me to adopt this new habit ( Read more... )

nattering, posting, writing, facebook, live journal, twitter, advertising

Comments 6

gvdub March 30 2010, 16:32:29 UTC

If Facebook and Twitter are actually what people want, that saddens me a little. They're not so good for the kind of more layered communication and dialog that can happen here on LJ. I'm on both, but I find that the communication there tends towards more trivial, less meaningful.

Then again, trivial and shallow seems to be what society is trending towards.

ala_mokita March 31 2010, 16:43:58 UTC

Yes, short messages, no reflection or conversly (perversly?) freeform thought. In 140 characters you have to focus on a limited detail and cannot flesh out thought. @docbrite and others LJ essays and then post s nudge/redirect on twitter. Facebook only seems to work if you are constantly following a thread.

Off to the LASFS LJ to post about the motion before the club this Thursday to ban discussion on global climate change for 99 years.

I wonder what spurred that...

gvdub April 1 2010, 04:27:03 UTC

Thanks for the reminder of why I don't go there any longer. Heaven forbid that anything resembling actual science should be discussed there. It simply wouldn't do.

kevin_standlee March 30 2010, 17:34:59 UTC

At the other end of the spectrum, travelswithkuma decided that it was worth $20/year to get them to stop having to wait through the commercials.

zephyrbreeze March 30 2010, 19:48:40 UTC

Yes, I've been finding it annoying as well to see the gray background of incoming ad when I refresh the page. (In fact, it did it again when I loaded this page to make this very comment!) But I counted, and it was only maybe 3 seconds before I could click the X and make it go away. Maybe more if my system is being sluggish. So I guess it's not really that bad. However, if it truly becomes even more ultra-bothersome, I just might upgrade from Plus to Paid. Not a definite, but I've been 'thinking about it'.

trinsf March 30 2010, 22:14:24 UTC

Wow. I have an old account, so even though it's free, I don't ever see those. That's pretty awful.