riffraff: cooler than thou

I am Kim (

riffraff) wrote,
@ 2008-03-24 15:40:00

Current mood:	surprised
Entry tags:	end of an era, fyi, livejournal, now with 100% more suck, robin

cooler than thou
poeticdream is no longer using livejournal. She started using it before I did, back in 2001. She has almost 3000 posts (I have slightly less than half that number, despite having had mine almost as long). She's writing in a paper journal now, as she often has. Why? SUP, since they have bought Livejournal have reversed previous SixApart and LJ practices and business decisions. Notably in the case of basic users (which were ad-free), SUP recently switched these accounts to sponsored overnight with no notice. Now, from the company which once promised to remain ad-free forever, you have the option of either liking ads with your journal, or paying for the privilege of your creative content remaining ad-free.

Sorry guys, but you're going to have to throw in a lot more added benefit than just "no ads" for me to want to pay to have a journal. I'm seriously giving thought to hosting my journal on private webspace. I don't know if i'm retro chic enough to revert to paper like Robin.

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	bellarapture7 2008-03-24 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	hmmmm... i thought that was only in effect for newer users who create basic accounts. i still don't have any ads on my lj and i only have a basic account. wierd. (Reply to this)

	klutzywaitress 2008-03-25 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I don't have any ads on mine either... (Reply to this)

	jhandfield 2008-03-26 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Still Basic, still no ads... Might want to re-read whatever release from LJ you saw that announced the change. Could just be it hasn't taken effect for all users, though the account levels page still says basic is ad-free. (Reply to this)