At least they're getting the impression that it's not as popular as they thought it would be.
haha, I certainly hope so! The first 3 comments are positive and after that it just spirals sharply down until page 7 where you have "I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!!"
I've never played games where you pay, but certainly if EVERYONE has to pay to use the service, then it's different from LJ. I started paying because I felt a loyalty and respect to the company. I felt that if I was going to use their service every day, I should pay for it. And when perm accounts were offered, I asked myself, am I going to be using my LJ for 5+ years? Probably. Thus, I still feel like I should use it for at least the 5 years since I got the perm account (and I've HAD an account for 5 years). Still, I did this out of loyalty and respect to the company - at the time, I felt full confidence that I could expect that in return.
The fact that little to no QA seems to have gone into this sudden change also twists the knife a bit deeper, doesn't it?
It definitely makes me concerned for the future of LJ.
And I browse in Dystopia, too, for exactly those same reasons!
I've actually found that a lot of my f-list does. Maybe I should make a poll.
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Date: 2006-12-14 07:17 pm (UTC)haha, I certainly hope so! The first 3 comments are positive and after that it just spirals sharply down until page 7 where you have "I HATE YOU I HATE YOU!!!"
I've never played games where you pay, but certainly if EVERYONE has to pay to use the service, then it's different from LJ. I started paying because I felt a loyalty and respect to the company. I felt that if I was going to use their service every day, I should pay for it. And when perm accounts were offered, I asked myself, am I going to be using my LJ for 5+ years? Probably. Thus, I still feel like I should use it for at least the 5 years since I got the perm account (and I've HAD an account for 5 years).
Still, I did this out of loyalty and respect to the company - at the time, I felt full confidence that I could expect that in return.
The fact that little to no QA seems to have gone into this sudden change also twists the knife a bit deeper, doesn't it?
It definitely makes me concerned for the future of LJ.
And I browse in Dystopia, too, for exactly those same reasons!
I've actually found that a lot of my f-list does. Maybe I should make a poll.