My two cents...
Mar. 21st, 2008 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlelotteA girl on my flist made a great post this morning:
I've been using it for years. I even elected to have an advertising account because I wanted a few extras but I didn't want to pay for a full account. I've had the advertisements for years and they don't bother me.
Livejournal is a product created and maintained by people who get paid for their knowledge and expertise. I do not place employees at my clients' work sites for free. My time and effort recruiting qualified people costs money. Not to mention all of the administrative costs, taxes, workers comp insurance, unemployment insurance etc that we have to pay while an employee is on our payroll. Livejournal is a service just like Discover Staffing. They have the right to make a business decision. We have the right to stay or go, either way. It is the paid users and the advertisers that pay to allow anyone else to have a free account.
In any case, I like Livejournal.
I agree.
LiveJournal has changed immensely over the years. People have said they'd stay true to Brad's idea, but of course they decide to do whatever they feel like. I don't have the mindset that "It was created this way it should stay that way!" or "It's on the internet so it should be FREE!" and so I'm not jumping onto this bandwagon. Hell, I almost think my f'list had the opposite happen today. There was more on my f'list in the hours between midnight and me waking up than there ever is, in fact.
I have a paid account. I have extra icons. I have a second paid account for my wedding blog. I don't feel strongly enough about many sevices to support them this way, but LJ has been a great place to be for all the years I've been a part of it, and so I will support it and continue to use it. I don't agree with some of their policies, and I speak up when I don't agree. Everyone should do the same. I am neutral on this point. Granted, I started with a free account. I wouldn't have started a journal here if it were as it is now with the advert accounts. I never would have grown to feel the way I do about LJ and never would have ended up paying for one. I never would have met many of you. LJ has brought me many wonderful people I never otherwise would have known and it has kept me in touch with others I have known and rarely see or talk to anymore outside of this venue. Not to mention, it doesn't exactly break my bank personally to be a paid member. I've paid for accounts for friends who do feel the same, but maybe they do have a little bit of a wallet crunch and can't...I'm happy to contribute my piece.
As I said before, there aren't many services I feel strongly enough to pay for online. Those that I don't I won't bother with (some of those networking sites, for example). I will, however, happily continue to pay for my LJs, my tons of icons, and my website. They mean that much to me. They're worth it.
And now I have an appointment to look at dresses downtown at Memories, so I'm off for now.
I've been using it for years. I even elected to have an advertising account because I wanted a few extras but I didn't want to pay for a full account. I've had the advertisements for years and they don't bother me.
Livejournal is a product created and maintained by people who get paid for their knowledge and expertise. I do not place employees at my clients' work sites for free. My time and effort recruiting qualified people costs money. Not to mention all of the administrative costs, taxes, workers comp insurance, unemployment insurance etc that we have to pay while an employee is on our payroll. Livejournal is a service just like Discover Staffing. They have the right to make a business decision. We have the right to stay or go, either way. It is the paid users and the advertisers that pay to allow anyone else to have a free account.
In any case, I like Livejournal.
I agree.
LiveJournal has changed immensely over the years. People have said they'd stay true to Brad's idea, but of course they decide to do whatever they feel like. I don't have the mindset that "It was created this way it should stay that way!" or "It's on the internet so it should be FREE!" and so I'm not jumping onto this bandwagon. Hell, I almost think my f'list had the opposite happen today. There was more on my f'list in the hours between midnight and me waking up than there ever is, in fact.
I have a paid account. I have extra icons. I have a second paid account for my wedding blog. I don't feel strongly enough about many sevices to support them this way, but LJ has been a great place to be for all the years I've been a part of it, and so I will support it and continue to use it. I don't agree with some of their policies, and I speak up when I don't agree. Everyone should do the same. I am neutral on this point. Granted, I started with a free account. I wouldn't have started a journal here if it were as it is now with the advert accounts. I never would have grown to feel the way I do about LJ and never would have ended up paying for one. I never would have met many of you. LJ has brought me many wonderful people I never otherwise would have known and it has kept me in touch with others I have known and rarely see or talk to anymore outside of this venue. Not to mention, it doesn't exactly break my bank personally to be a paid member. I've paid for accounts for friends who do feel the same, but maybe they do have a little bit of a wallet crunch and can't...I'm happy to contribute my piece.
As I said before, there aren't many services I feel strongly enough to pay for online. Those that I don't I won't bother with (some of those networking sites, for example). I will, however, happily continue to pay for my LJs, my tons of icons, and my website. They mean that much to me. They're worth it.
And now I have an appointment to look at dresses downtown at Memories, so I'm off for now.
