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fandomsecrets2008-03-20 05:31 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2008-03-20 05:31 pm
[ SECRET POST #440 ]
⌈ Secret Post #440 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Heads up: tomorrow's secret post will be late (8 PM eastern), as we've been asked by multiple people to delay it until the activity strike is over.
Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 82 secrets from Secret Submission Post #063.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 ] broken links, [ 1 2 3 4 ] not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] too big, [ 1 2 ] repeat.
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Ummmm?
The strike is basically to show SUP what LJ would be like (for 24 hours) if people left for good, in the hopes it'll clue them into not ignoring the better part of their userbase. Lack of content that paid users pay to see = no more paid users, and Man Cannot Live On Ads Alone. It's not designed to hurt, it's designed to educate. How effective it'll be remains to be seen. I figure 24 hours of my time that could be better spent doing Real World work isn't a big deal.
The disappearing interests thing is explained here (http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_lounge/683776.html). The fact that they're back doesn't negate the fact that they were gone for any amount of time--and that only particular ones were "censored" (or filtered, or lost, or whatever) is disturbing at least :/
Anyways, it's not a bunch of people whining about having to pay or see ads, as some people seem to think it is. I just don't like the way LJ's going management-wise (seeing as the head of SUP in an interview basically went, "O U CRAAAAZY LJERS LOL"--not quite who you want running a blogging service you pay).
But...
Intrest thing...so they removed a couple of 'particular' ones. Have journals and communities been unexplainably removed?
Sorry but all I can see right now is paranoia because of Strikeout.
Re: But...
That seems to be the gist of it. LJ can't seem to do anything these days without people getting upset, but I'm more inclined to sit back and wait rather than get upset every time they do something minor rather than yell "FIRE!" every single time. (In short, this is about the 6th time recently that people have started getting upset over something, and it's getting old).
Re: But...
I believe it's their business and they're perfectly entitled to run it as they like, but as the basic account was a big attractant for many users, getting rid of it and not even telling people (rather: trying to hide it and pass it off as, "Oooohhh LOL you people USE those???") is really rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.
That's why I'm participating at least.
Re: the interests being removed, THAT's paranoia there, I'll give you. It's been explained away as a faulty filter, but it's just really weird that they'd go away. IMHO if they really were trying to filter them away from the public eye (since that Popular Interests list is available to anyone) then they wouldn't have reinstated it so quickly when people brought it up. It could have just been a random error that popped up at a really bad time.
TL;DR - No paranoia, no one thinks their LJs are getting deleted. People just want to be treated with respect by a company they're still loyal to and want to REMAIN loyal to.
I'm not up in arms, but I am starting to get ticked off at the way LJ's treating their userbase. So that's why I'm participating.