The end of Basic accounts 0_o

[ex_uniquewo]

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

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[fickle_goddess]

...I am suddenly SO GLAD that I have a permanent IJ account. But I guess this means no more joining RPs on LJ for me.

[superbus]

I'm not. This has me - a permanent user with AdBlock Plus on Firefox - considering leaving LJ altogether.

Fool me once (selling to 6A, who then sold to SUP after initiating the Plus accounts), shame on you. Fool me twice...

[icarianbird]

Hopefully, my 'freeloading' permanent account is not up next...

[foxfirefey]

I'm sure it would be last, heh, along with paid users.

[foxfirefey]

Just as a note, the community create page as of yet still has Basic as an option.

[sabbrielle]

I love how Plus Account has "(free)" after it while Basic does not.

[foxfirefey]

Hehe, I think we've noted that irony before. Although I know that the previous registration's incarnation did make it a bit more obvious that both were free, and I think I gave kudos for that redesigned table.

[soph]

Community creations aren't affected - you can still create Basic communities.

[sabbrielle]

Keeping track of jasonshellen's comments.

On brad's post, " ...it's not as bad as all that Brad":
http://brad.livejournal.com/2368071.html?thread=14623303#t14623303

On page 2 of the last news post, "Basic Accounts

[paper_crystals]

Was it just me or was the abrupt? Warnings? Maybe? Possibly I haven't been reading some obscure community recently to get such news.

[foxfirefey]

No, no warnings. It's possible there might have been a code change or two in changelog that slipped by the vigilantes, but that's not a way for normal LJ users to get news.

[paper_crystals]

Wow. That is just sleazy.

[foxfirefey]

What do you wanna bet that, as in similar previous blowups, there were people on staff going, uh, trying to sneak this in is dumb dumb dumb, and the people in charge just didn't listen?