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LJ day of silence planned

mood: thoughtful
You guys hear of this? Plans for this friday-
refs to other journals....
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394548.html
and I got it from
http://nightstalker.insanejournal.com/24225.html
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Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 at 12:56 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]fading_xhopex

I don't think it will work very well, not unless it's a drawn out thing. As someone pointed out, a single day will be a minor blip. And honestly, A lot of people i know who had basic accounts upgraded to the plus accounts of their own volition because they wanted more icons and more layout options. Not to mention if you get an ad blocker program, the ads aren't that big of an issue.

I think LJ could have done a better job of notifing its customer base, but on the whole, it is a sound business decision. They just need to work on their customer relation skills, and since that is the case, I think the letter writing campaign will work better.
Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 05:19 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

Yeah, I think the reinstitution of the interest searches is changing the dynamic from poor customer service to something else.
Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 05:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]lavendertook

It's not a sound business decision though, as LJ's founder notes here.

I think they have a bad business model for the kind of platform they are operating--which includes the bad customer relations.
Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 06:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]stacia

I'm also concerned that a strike on Friday won't be noticed. My flists on Fridays are almost barren, because it's the weekend and people are off doing other things rather than posting online.

(Anyone else notice there's a few people on beckyzoole's flist that are being jerks? Especially considering it's her personal journal, you'd think they'd be less rude about a disagreement of opinions.)
Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 06:31 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply