[info]jackandahat in [info]07refugees

LJ just... apologised.

"The announcement last Wednesday was a mistake in regards to Basic accounts, as the change was not clearly stated, it did not allow for you to provide feedback, and went into effect immediately. Many of you have pointed out that the decision worried you less than the way it was communicated. You should have been given a voice, and you were not; we didn’t follow our own rules, and we apologize."

Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 at 02:10 am | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]macguffin

Hooray? Hooray!
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:13 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jackandahat

The timing is interesting - this way, they can claim they're not giving in to strike pressure, because it's before, not after.

Or maybe I'm a cynic, and really truly have realised they upset people?

However, I think this is the first time they've said ourtight "We apologise".
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:19 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

I don't think it has anything to do with the "strike" honestly, but more of the blatant outrage in general (Also, whoever started calling it a "strike" and not a "boycott" needs to be slapped upside the head because the misuse of "strike" has been driving me crazy all goddamn day omg...)
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:17 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]pen

I prefer the word strike. ;-)
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:26 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

ZOMG STOP SAYING THAT WORD *LALALALALALALALALALALALALAAAAAAAA*

*RUNS IN CIRCLES*
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:27 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]lavendertook

Well, you can have chocolate in your peanut butter with this one, because it's both a strike and a boycott! (-:

It's a boycott because we are customers of the service, but its a strike because we are content providers to the service. It's both because we relate to the social networking site in both capacities. So I've been writing the strike/boycott--maybe I should put OTP after that? :-P
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:55 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

Ahh, it makes more sense that way then. It've just seen about fifty comments of people not-in-the-know askign "how is this a strike?" and having to explain it "well it's more of a boycott..." LOL
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 01:13 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]griffen

I've been writing the strike/boycott--maybe I should put OTP after that? :-P

You know, I've been looking for a good quote for my first metaquote... and this is a strong candidate. May I metaquote you?
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 05:32 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]lavendertook

Thank you! Yes. (-:
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 05:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]griffen

Done!
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 05:50 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]jackandahat

*shrugs* Excuse me using the wrong word at two in the damn morning.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 09:19 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

Um, that comment was meant in jest, sorry for lack of an accompanying XD or ;)?
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 12:38 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]greenwitch

Damn, I think I owe some people five bucks...
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:18 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jackandahat

Ah, but did you bet that they'd not say sorry, or bet that they'd not sort things out? I'm waiting to see what they do about sorting things out - however, this is the best they've done so far, the real test will be how they respond to what people say, having asked questions.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:19 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

I've been saying all day that they're not going to apologize because they're super corporate now. Not that I said they'd clean up their act, just that they wouldn't apologize. They're still lying shitheads, of course.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:23 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]valady

Would be far more reaching if it was put in News and not LJ_2008.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:11 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]sukeban

But... they can't put it in news! People would actually *read it*, and we can't be having that, can we?
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 01:16 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]tosh

Maybe I'm not a very optimistic person, but I think this actually makes me more scared rather than relieved.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:12 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

Agreed. o_o
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 08:08 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tosh

NICE ICON.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

THANKS I FOUND IT ON LJ.

I made this one myself though. X)
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:57 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]tosh

I think I know where you got it, too, lol. TW FTW.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 05:02 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]ardath_rekha

Hahahahahaha!

Barak Berkowitz apologized... and then resigned.

SixApart apologized... and then sold LJ to SUP.

Wonder what SUP is going to do now?
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:13 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]greenwitch

Sell to FOX, obvs XD
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:46 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]efleck999

I'm a basic member. I saw an
ad on the bottom of that post. :P
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:24 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]barbayat

That is because basic members do see adds when the account they are watching opted in for ads ...
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]nekocat

For half a second, I thought the Apocalypse arrived.

But then I remembered all of the other screw-ups LJ hasn't apologized for, and felt justified in my cynicism.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:40 am (UTC) | | Reply

[info]branchandroot

Hm. I notice that it's the Staff account that apologized. Not any of the actual people who have either made decisions or insulted the LJ users. It's a pretty apology, but it doesn't mean a thing besides that someone on Staff understands that something needed to be said to pacify the restless natives.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:04 am (UTC) | | Reply

[info]mythicdove

"Subscriptions – Should moderators be able to charge for access to closed communities?"

What?

Can you imagine someone charging for a community with copyrighted material in it?
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:34 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]telesilla

Better hope the servers over at JF are robust the day they announce that because you know it'll be all over Fandom Wank.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 06:19 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]telesilla

Fitfteenth verse same as the first. Wonder how many more times they're gonna screw up and then apologize later before people start seeing the pattern.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 06:13 am (UTC) | | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

Everything in the "Open Questions" section is not only kind of scary, it gives me the feeling that they've missed the point entirely.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 08:11 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]stellar_dust

Yes. That.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:59 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]nosselinfea

The trouble is they keep doing this. They make a mistake, they apologise, then they do the same thing all over again. In three weeks time it'll be something else.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 10:15 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jackandahat

This is, I believe, the first time they've outright said "We apologize."

Not that I believe them, but it's interesting timing.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 10:23 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]nosselinfea

They apologised for the way they handled the censorship of the interests search (about why things like "spice girls" were blocked). At least I thought they had but now I go to look for it I can;t find it. Maybe it was buried in a comment thrread somewhere.

Not that it makes any difference. Whether they apologise or not they don't learn from their mistakes, and they keep making the same ones over and over again.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 11:25 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]techno_goddess

STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Where's that icon about LJ being like an abusive spouse you keep going back to whenever they apologize?

Seriously, enough is enough. I don't see why people are falling over each other to thank them for apologizing. They have stuck it to users before, they're doing it now, and they will continue to do so as long as people stay with them.

This "apology" (cough-spew) reminds me of Stanley Kowalski begging Stella to take him back.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 12:01 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jackandahat

Re: STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure they haven't flat out said "We apologize" before, which is an interesting new development. I'm not saying people should forgive them, or even that I am. Just thought people should see - given it didn't get posted in News. Again.

Also? I'm kind of skeeved that people compare an online service with something that can destroy lives and get people killed. Hello hyperbole.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 02:43 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]louvedegaule

Re: STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Or that guy in Sleeping With the Enemy: I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU ... AND I WON'T LET YOU LIVE WITHOUT MEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:48 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]techno_goddess

Re: STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

And wut about teh BUNNEEEEE in Fatal Attraction?!

Hyperbole much? Hell, yeah!
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 04:07 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]toejam

Re: STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

You rang?
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 04:47 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]techno_goddess

Re: STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

ZOMG AH NEEDED DAT HYPREBLOGIC LAFF!
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 04:54 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]hsapiens

LJ_2008?!?!?!? How many fraggin' communities would I as an LJ user have to friend in order to find out what's going on with LJ? I'm tired of finding out, "oh, this code was over in this LJ comm, and this announcement is over in so-and-so's personal LJ, and this announcement is over in this brand new LJ you've never heard of," ad nauseum.

Who knew LJ users would need a daily newsletter to stay informed?
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 12:47 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]sukeban

the_lj_herald is great, they collect relevant posts from all LJ.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 01:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]hsapiens

LOL! I was being sarcastic about needing a newsletter but what a nice, useful comm. I've promptly added it to my daily reading. Thank you!
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 03:45 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]sylumgator

Thanks from me, too. I was getting more and more frustrated and wondering just what all I needed to join as well. Off to join.
Posted on Mar. 20th, 2008 08:37 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]dbaxdevilsfan

I have to wonder why they didn't post that in [info]news.
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 04:37 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]dbaxdevilsfan

ummm, that should be News community.
Posted on Mar. 21st, 2008 05:38 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply