So there.

[tephramancy]

Boycott, be fucked. I love LiveJournal. I pay for my services. So should everyone else. I don't disagree with anything they have done or said.

Comments

[bobbylevi]

Same here... *applauds*

[wibblefish]

there's a boycott? I missed that, I just got very very bad at updating

[dennyd]

You don't think removing 'unsuitable' interests from the interests list was a bit naughty?

They sorted it out quick enough that it seems a bit late for making a point about it, but it was one of the main reasons for the strike being organised originally. That and the crappy communication from LJ to users regarding changes to the site since they got sold.

*shrug* Clearly I'm not too bothered, this is a comment :) but there are slightly less inane reasons for the strike than the 'oh noes, adverts' one.

[tephramancy]

No, I don't think the hiding interests was naughty. It was good business practice, imo. I don't expect anyone to agree with me :)

[dennyd]

Ah, I see your point. Still, I think I'd say it was both... it may have been a sound business decision overall, but from my point of view it pushed me one tiny bit closer to considering moving elsewhere. It's possible to be a good business while not being one I'd personally like to do business with.

I guess the point of the strike is (or would have been for me if I'd chosen to join it) to make the point that the business decision was in fact unsound, because more people would be put off by it than they think. The fact that I haven't joined it would seem to indicate that I don't care that much :)

[tephramancy]

And the fact that very few of LJ's *paid* user base are actually decamping, boycott or otherwise, tells me that while it might not have been the most optimal business choice (is there even such a thing these days? Someone always finds something to complain about), it certainly wasn't the wrong one.

And quite rightly, LJ don't really care how many free users leave. Livejournal fuels content, not the other way around, as some people have been touting :)

[hythloday]

I like the way you post this on a day when anyone who has a cogent rebuttal has chosen not to post. Kinda like wearing a "we hate unions" to work on a strike day.

[tephramancy]

It'll still be there when they get back ;)

[hythloday]

A day is a long time on Livejournal. :)