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[cmf]

I am getting more and more tempted to get a paid account. Shut up Steve, I am.

I haven't done it yet, but I want to.

Besides the multitude of icons and the ability to make polls, why would i do this??

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[angelamermaid]

Because it's the cool thing to do and you know it. ;-)

[cmf]

okay, true.

how do i justify this to my oh so UNcool husband?!?! :)

[angelamermaid]

Try to work trains into it. I'll make you a train icon.

[abbeyrd]

When I first got mine a while back, another advantage is that journals load faster, because paid accounts get access to more/faster servers. Now that LJ has been bought out and is presumably doing better financially, all users might get that advantage, but it's a potential cool factor!

You can also customize your journal in far cooler ways as a paid user as well. :)

[etantvert]

Paid account features that I like:

Polls & surveys
Friends of friends view
15 icons (with the ability to buy more)
Journal customization
Custom mood themes
Photo storage
LJ subdomain (you'd be cmf.livejournal.com)
LJ e-mail alias
Posting via e-mail
Posting via phone

There are others, but these are the ones that I like. And it really is cheap. Paid accounts do get preference over free ones when there are issues of server speed, et cetera.

I can't say how to justify it to Steve -- Jon would say go ahead and do it, but I'm spoiled and I know it.