FIGHT THE POWER!

[hoveringsombrero]

Copied from elvis, normally I'm not the striking or boycotting sort,
but they've ignored early adopters forever, and now fucking up the free accounts?
Even Brad is displeased, go look at his journal, he posted about it.

For those of you who don't already know, there has been a strike scheduled for Friday, March 21st, 2008, during which we hope to have many members of LiveJournal provide LJ with absolutely no content for twenty-four hours. This means no posting and no commenting. If you post elsewhere and have it set up to be posted through a feed on LiveJournal, don't do it. Stay away from LiveJournal for twenty-four hours. That can't be too hard, can it? I know some of you are probably quite active on LiveJournal and will find it hard to stay away for an entire day, just as I will, but this is something that needs to be done, to show the people running LiveJournal that we're watching the changes they are making, that we're paying attention, that we're discontent, and that we want to be heard and taken in to consideration. We are not simply users who can be tossed to the side and ignored. We are the people who make up LiveJournal. Without us, without the content we create, without our words, our voices, our creativity, our participation, there would be no LiveJournal. This is a fact, and it needs to be realized and understood and then taken in to consideration when making decisions regarding the way that LiveJournal is run. The strike is only a few days away, so there isn't all too much time to prepare. While this is unfortunate, it isn't enough to keep this strike from taking place. It will take place, the second it is meant to, and it would be best to have as many people take part as possible. Please, spread the word. Spread it fast. There are only a few days to organize this. If you find that you care about LiveJournal or care about the people you interact with on LiveJournal or simply want it to remain a place where you can entertain yourself without constant censorship and money-hungry practices being thrown in without the consideration of those who use the service, act now. If you don't wish to spread the word, that is fine, but please: refrain from using LiveJournal on Friday, March 21st. Do something else for a change. It's for a good cause.

:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html

To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html

What's this about?

* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.

If you agree with this please re-post far and wide.

Comments

[elvis.livejournal.com]

yay early adopters, banding together to fight the red menence :)

Also, post more hot shots, I liked the last one :)

You should wear nothing but bra and panties! I mean all the time, shopping, movies, going out for coffee. The world needs more eris boobies.

[eris.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the world just needs more boobies, period.
Not just mine.

And those weren't hot shots,
they were largely unflattering, thisismyweightnow, shots.
Silly.

[eris.livejournal.com]

Also, quit tipping off the commoners that there's erisboobies hidden from their view.

[caveman.livejournal.com]

Wow, did you know that if you aren't logged in this post is all behind a cut? And in order to view it you have to state you are 14 or over. Wife person says this isn't new. I have never seen it before though.

Odd.

LJ KNOWS YOUR DIRTY SECRECTS!!!

[eris.livejournal.com]

Yup, I gave my journal a rating,
CAUSE I SAY FUCK A LOT.

[xhappyx.livejournal.com]

meh! I barely post anymore as it is...

This reminds me of the "don't buy gas for a day" campaigns that doesn't do anything because the next day people would fill up on gas. All this will do, is put less stress on the servers.

I haven't been posting much because LJ has been a suckfest for some time.