Comments | sun_shine_77: Only because I don't want to strike

sun_shine_77

Only because I don't want to strike

Mar 21, 2008 21:50

I've read the "reasoning" behind the strike, if that's what you want to call it. There's only one word that comes to mind for me - dumb.

So I'm only posting so that nobody thinks I was joining the idiots in the strike!

Sorry to those of you who participated.

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sun_shine_77 March 22 2008, 04:01:04 UTC

Yeah, I really have nothing else to post about right now. ;)

ubiq31 March 22 2008, 11:41:27 UTC

Sorry if I'm an idiot ;)

I don't appreciate any company belittling their customers or using strong-arm tactics to get their customers to conform to their idea of what the business model should be, just because the business changed hands (which it's done three times, now).

LJ is successful because of its users. Of course you have to pay for servers and bandwidth and salaries...but offer more to expand what people will pay 'extra' (i.e. at all) for...don't screw the people who've made you what you are for years and years.

Maybe it's just time for LJ to change...they can change their business and their users will go elsewhere if they need to...but the point of the strike was that it wasn't clear that that simple possibility was understood.

sun_shine_77 March 22 2008, 16:19:37 UTC

You know I don't think you're an idiot!

I guess I just look at the business world very differently than most people. Business needs always have to come first or there won't be a anything there for the customer when it fails completely. Businesses will never please anyone. I honestly don't feel like I'm impacted by anything they've come out with recently. I guess I question how this really impacts current users. It's sounds like it moreso impacts new users.

I'm still missing the piece where anyone explains exactly what they are so upset about. And if it's simply not understanding where the business is going, well, I don't get that.

ubiq31 March 22 2008, 17:21:27 UTC

Well, I think most people who were striking were taking offense at some things that were said by the new (Russian) owner of Live Journal after Six Apart sold it in, I think, December. The translation wasn't great, but whether it came off one way or another depending on the translator, the issue was the same: the company apparently doesn't care about the existing members of LJ...they're going to do what they're going to do for their business, screw the users ( ... )

sera_bella March 22 2008, 17:59:54 UTC

Problem here is that there's a kind of monopoly.

Not true. There are many livejournal-like sites out there. GreatestJournal, InsaneJournal, DeadJournal and Blurty to name a few. Livejournal is open source, so should you decide to leave, you could just open your own site using their source.

Six Apart failed to make money on LJ and their 'more mature' LJ replacement has failed, too, to make them money.

Again, not true. Since Six Apart aquired Livejournal, they made more money than Brad did, prior. They sold more permanent accounts, they made more money off of paid accounts, paid add-ons and virtual gifts. As for their 'more mature' replacement, Vox seems to be going strong still. Make money? I don't know if that was ever their goal with Vox.

By barring certain topics, people can't keep their LJ communities which have often been around for years.By barring certain topics, Livejournal will continue to be around for people to form their communities. Had they not chosen to clean up the topics, they would have been shut down. Did ( ... )

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