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This was sent to me in response to my question I posted Thursday, and I thought I'd share it here for those on my friends list who didn't agree, or know about, or care one way or another about the strike.
We are holding the Content Strike because we want to demonstrate that LiveJournal is content-driven.
We are holding the Content Strike because we want the new owners of LiveJournal to better understand the power and resolve of the LJ Community of Users.
We are holding the Content Strike because all of us, Paid, Permanent and Plus users as well as Basic, want to demonstrate our solidarity as a Community of Users. We do not consider Basic users to be freeloaders, we consider them to be valuable content-providers and Friends.
We are holding the Content Strike because we ache to do something to show our displeasure, and commenting on the news post -- even with cat macros -- just isn't powerful enough!
The strike has four terms:
1. Restore basic accounts for new account creation.
2. Inform users before any change to the site that affects how we use the site or demands on our resources.
3. Run change proposals by the Advisory Board and take their advice into account before implementation of any change.
4. Homophobia, misogyny, and racism must not be a part of the decision making processes about appropriate content of the site, including what user interests are deemed appropriate.
In my opinion, it's only a matter of time before free accounts, ad-driven or otherwise, go away completely, and then there will only be the paid or sponsored account option. And then they will raise the fees. And keep raising them until the number of people not renewing their accounts balances out with the new paid account creations and the lj owners will have found the market-tolerant pricing.
I will most likely not be posting here well before that happens.
We are holding the Content Strike because we want to demonstrate that LiveJournal is content-driven.
We are holding the Content Strike because we want the new owners of LiveJournal to better understand the power and resolve of the LJ Community of Users.
We are holding the Content Strike because all of us, Paid, Permanent and Plus users as well as Basic, want to demonstrate our solidarity as a Community of Users. We do not consider Basic users to be freeloaders, we consider them to be valuable content-providers and Friends.
We are holding the Content Strike because we ache to do something to show our displeasure, and commenting on the news post -- even with cat macros -- just isn't powerful enough!
The strike has four terms:
1. Restore basic accounts for new account creation.
2. Inform users before any change to the site that affects how we use the site or demands on our resources.
3. Run change proposals by the Advisory Board and take their advice into account before implementation of any change.
4. Homophobia, misogyny, and racism must not be a part of the decision making processes about appropriate content of the site, including what user interests are deemed appropriate.
In my opinion, it's only a matter of time before free accounts, ad-driven or otherwise, go away completely, and then there will only be the paid or sponsored account option. And then they will raise the fees. And keep raising them until the number of people not renewing their accounts balances out with the new paid account creations and the lj owners will have found the market-tolerant pricing.
I will most likely not be posting here well before that happens.
