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ex_uniquewo in no_lj_ads

The end of Basic accounts 0_o

Mar 13, 2008 00:26

Account creation:When creating a new account you're no longer asked to choose an account level. You're only asked if you want to upgrade to a paid account. It is not mentioned anywhere that you can have a free and advertising-free account.

krysaia tells us why: "Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No ( Read more... )

pushing plus level

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foxfirefey March 13 2008, 00:53:27 UTC

brad: Well, as an advisory board member, I would have advised against this!

Answers my question. No formal bringing of the issue to the much touted advisory board that was supposed to mediate over these things.

ex_uniquewo March 13 2008, 01:00:09 UTC

I've added this. I'm so very glad to see volunteers, ex volunteers and support admins being pissed about this and saying so in comments. Rahaeli's comment on Brad's entry is priceless.

soph March 13 2008, 01:19:26 UTC

I'm pissed too, btw. I've just been trying to stay out of comments.

Maybe I should dive in. After all, it's the best way for SUP to see these things.

ex_uniquewo March 13 2008, 01:30:56 UTC

Won't tell you what you should so.

I'm also terribly impressed by prissi's comment. Wow. I feel for you guys.

foxfirefey March 13 2008, 00:55:10 UTC

Here come the suits.

dbaxdevilsfan March 13 2008, 00:59:34 UTC

Why the hell was this posted here and not in news? This is NEWS.

no, it's not "news" speck March 13 2008, 01:02:14 UTC

It's Pravda.

Re: no, it's not "news" donutgirl March 13 2008, 11:47:41 UTC

lol!

Re: no, it's not "news" karanguni March 13 2008, 11:51:59 UTC

You take all the cake with that one. xD

Sideshow Brad isn't happy speck March 13 2008, 01:01:46 UTC

Damn, I need a window dressing userpic.

http://brad.livejournal.com/2368071.html

daluci March 13 2008, 01:05:15 UTC

"Official" responses starting up over here, 'tho I have a feeling you guys have seen it already.

foxfirefey March 13 2008, 01:07:34 UTC

It's beautiful, beautiful suit speak. It's like he wandered fresh off of the suit boat and is now morassed in an angry sea of indignity and WTF.

daluci March 13 2008, 01:08:41 UTC

I love how he's trying to say they did it for our own goods. Didn't want to confuse us. I'm glad we're so high on their priorities.

foxfirefey March 13 2008, 01:09:56 UTC

Nononono, not our own good. This is "think of the newbs" and somehow we shouldn't care because we have our accounts already.

Somehow, he isn't thinking of the communities people make on a regular basis, or how existing (and the most loyal) users create new accounts all the time.

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