No new Basic LJ accounts after March 2008

Mar 17, 2008 15:47

Interesting.

I hope they leave the existing Basic accounts alone indefinitely, or I'll have to ditch soulfiresnippet and go internet-hiking for another notes dumpy place without ads. Can't say as I find the tone of this promising, though.

... *rather fed up with policy shifts in various online communities lately*

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shanra March 17 2008, 08:30:42 UTC
It's not even so much after March as 'after this specific number of accounts'. Technically, basic account creation hasn't been possible for the past few days, if I recall.

You should see some of the posts on the community I'm linking to, it's even scarier.

*hugs*

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ladylight March 19 2008, 01:54:42 UTC
Eek, you ain't joking. *backs away warily*

What a bother it all is. Fractious internets! :P

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shanra March 19 2008, 06:23:31 UTC
Ly~ssa~.

'm scared.

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drazzi March 17 2008, 12:20:19 UTC
It's really bad that my first thought when I found out about this drama was "I can see people selling their basic accounts on ebay."

My second thought was "... HA, I got a basic account a few days ago, suckers!" Which is nice.

My third thought I dunno. I've been on LJ a long time, and see account types change a lot but it's never affected me on my real journal since it's Perm. I'm annoyed in a fashion, mostly since I read Brad's stance on it, but at the same time I'm not personally annoyed by ad-accounts.

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ladylight March 19 2008, 01:59:07 UTC
Heh heh, good move thar XD

I wouldn't reeelly care about ads on this account (which is amusing, since it's the one I paid for), but when it's on a page where I have my linkies all arranged and do orderses and fiddles, I get ... Twitchy O_o I don't know why.

The main thing I'm worried about is losing any friends who understandably may not WANT to pay for an electronic diary that will someday vanish into the mists of internets. In which case I would be Alone, mournfully posting stupid memes in the eerie silence, left without anyone to admire my 95% compatibility with a chicken sandwich ...

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