What the fuck is going on here?

[elfy]

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=38&view=full

...

"Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No account created after this date can be turned into a Basic Account."

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Seen here: http://brad.livejournal.com/2368071.html
And other places.
NOTHING mentioned in news?! Hello?!

More WTF here:
http://news.livejournal.com/106731.html?thread=68499435#t68499435

"Thank you for bringing up these additional points. The reason we did not mention them in the news post was because it doesn't affect users other than new users and News updates are for existing users. We did actually mention:

"Other changes you may have noticed are the logged-out homepage and registration process for new users."

To reiterate, existing Basic accounts are not going away or being changed. The creation of new Basic accounts is what is being stopped. In fact, one of the reasons contributing to going with Plus instead of Basic was that most users coming through the site were opting for Plus anyway. Additionally, what constitutes a Plus and Paid account will change for the better in the near future."

Comments

[vout.livejournal.com]

o.O

So, does this also mean, if my paid time has run out, I can either have ads or no account whatsoever?

[elfy.livejournal.com]

actually, i don't know... :-/

[dougs.livejournal.com]

When your paid time runs out you revert to free, so long as your account was created before March 12th. It's only if your account was created later that you can't revert to free.

For now.

[vout.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
At least I'm "safe", in case my money runs out ;-)

Still... it's a bit strange...

[dougs.livejournal.com]

It's buried in a second-level comment to the latest News post, where they foolishly hoped no-one would spot it:
http://news.livejournal.com/106731.html?thread=68484587

[elfy.livejournal.com]

I hope everyone and their pets repost it and SPAM fucking SUP with comments.

[fuchs.livejournal.com]

Och nööö. Langsam hab ich es echt satt. Wenn man nur nicht so alternativlos wäre!! *permaccount knuddel und tränchen vergieß*

[jassanja.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

Alternativen gäbe es schon, es ist nur das denken der Masse "Alle meine Freunde sind hier, warum sollte ich gehen" - und da das jeder denkt, bleiben alle

[gaharr.livejournal.com]

Welche denn. Ich würds mir gerne ansehen.

[fusselbiene.livejournal.com]

Also, andere Blogseiten (z.B. Blogspot) sind nicht zwingend für jeden eine Alternative, und wer einen Permanent Account hat wird vermutlich auch die 150 Kröten nicht unbedingt auf die leichte Schulter nehmen.

Im Großen und Ganzen wäre es für mich aber tatsächlich ein innerer Abgang, wenn die Mitgliederzahlen in den Keller rutschen würden.

[gaharr.livejournal.com]

*meh*

Da ärgert man sich wirklich beinahe schon einen permanenten Acc zu haben.

[calliste.livejournal.com]

And: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=cp_fr9dmun101&show_article=1

Ouch.