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Oct. 1st, 2006 12:15 amPettitte and Clemens and the roids, huh?
Anyone mind if I put this away to think about later?
Anyone mind if I put this away to think about later?
Oct. 1st, 2006
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Oct. 1st, 2006 01:18 pmI don't know if everyone's heard about this, but LiveJournal has struck a deal with some unnamed corporations to have sponsored communities (communities made by the corporations to promote stuff) and offer new features with a "sponsored by" tag stuck on there. (Here is ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bradfitz's "clarifying" post.)
I spent a lot of time last night reading a bunch of thewank discussion in the many, many pages of comments on both posts, and while I'm not so bothered about the advertising involved in these new developments (it infuriates many users because part of why they pay is to avoid seeing ads, and the sponsored-feature tag, at least, will be difficult to avoid), some points were raised that do worry me. These points have not yet been addressed.
( Sponsors and fannishness and privacy, oh my. )
Dozens of users have posed these questions in the comments, and LJ has not answered them. I'm not gonna flee screaming just yet, but I'm going to be keeping an eye out. The first fannish ToS or junk text message or comment spam ignored by LJ that I hear about, I'm gonna start looking to make other arrangements. There are way, way too many journaling sites out there to put up with anything from LJ that we don't want to put up with.
To that end! A poll. Because, man, if I hafta leave, I'll miss you guys. We'd need to regroup elsewhere.
[Poll #834469]
* JournalFen - No ads. Free accounts are kind of hard to get (you need a code from a paid user or just good timing, since they occasionally have account creation windows), but they have two levels of paid accounts, plus a ton more icons than LJ. Basic costs the same as LJ, but you have to get the premium account for a customized mood theme. I prefer JF myself, because I managed to snag a free account that I'd be happy to upgrade to paid with money that LJ wouldn't be getting anymore. I've had a good experience there playing on fandom_wank and its assorted sister communities, and I very much like what I've seen of the people who run it. They are very fair and take good care of their users.
bradfitz's "clarifying" post.)I spent a lot of time last night reading a bunch of the
( Sponsors and fannishness and privacy, oh my. )
Dozens of users have posed these questions in the comments, and LJ has not answered them. I'm not gonna flee screaming just yet, but I'm going to be keeping an eye out. The first fannish ToS or junk text message or comment spam ignored by LJ that I hear about, I'm gonna start looking to make other arrangements. There are way, way too many journaling sites out there to put up with anything from LJ that we don't want to put up with.
To that end! A poll. Because, man, if I hafta leave, I'll miss you guys. We'd need to regroup elsewhere.
[Poll #834469]
* JournalFen - No ads. Free accounts are kind of hard to get (you need a code from a paid user or just good timing, since they occasionally have account creation windows), but they have two levels of paid accounts, plus a ton more icons than LJ. Basic costs the same as LJ, but you have to get the premium account for a customized mood theme. I prefer JF myself, because I managed to snag a free account that I'd be happy to upgrade to paid with money that LJ wouldn't be getting anymore. I've had a good experience there playing on fandom_wank and its assorted sister communities, and I very much like what I've seen of the people who run it. They are very fair and take good care of their users.
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Oct. 1st, 2006 05:47 pm'Stros are eliminated and Tigers lose the division.
Something good can happen in baseball now, please.
Something good can happen in baseball now, please.