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[channonyarrow]

Wow.

So, I logged out of this account to do something else. Then I forgot that I'd done that, looked at my flist, and clicked on a three-word-entry that I wanted to read the comments on.

NOW I know why I pay for an account. When the ads are larger than the frigging entry? Yeah, that's bad. Of course, the ad would have been larger than the entry unless the entry had been a 20K-word polemic on Kant, honestly. Is it new that they put an ad bar IN the entries of Plus accounts, between the body of the entry and the comments? I hadn't thought that was something they were going to do, but then again, I'm paid.

Now I wonder why ANYONE signs up for an LJ if that's the sort of shit they see when they log in with a free account or just go directly to the page with no account

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[elynne.livejournal.com]

LJ isn't about the users; it's about selling eyeballs/clicks to advertisers. That's what it became when it started selling ads, and that's all it is now. It's only going to continue to slide. I'm writing this as a permanent paid user, who hasn't yet bothered to try to find another venue... even if every non-permanent user stopped paying for service Right Now, it wouldn't matter; I'd bet you money that the vast majority of LJ's income is from ad revenue, while a pittance comes from subscribers.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally agree with this - I've been bewailing the MySpacisation of LJ for ages, and it was one of the points I brought up in "Why I Am Not Buying A Permanent Account, Fuckheads" during the perm sale.

The thing that I actually find hilarious is how rarely (right NOW) anyone is ponying up for a sponsored community. I haven't bothered to find another venue yet, but honestly, if LJ goes further kaput, I'm going to GJ. At least there I know I'm not PAYING for anything so I can't EXPECT anything; here, I had this CRAZY thought that the money I paid mattered.

Much like for the icon!