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Due to feedback we have received, the IJ owners have decided to bring back the Self-Committed [paid] account type. With this we are going to introduce a new pricing model.
$10 - 6 months Self-Commited [paid]
$20 - 1 year Self-Commited [paid]
$40 - Permanently Insane
We are still offering Permanent extra userpics and Rename tokens for the same low prices that they have always been.
This change will be made Friday, July 27th. So you have until then to take advantage of the current $30 Permanently Insane price.
$10 - 6 months Self-Commited [paid]
$20 - 1 year Self-Commited [paid]
$40 - Permanently Insane
We are still offering Permanent extra userpics and Rename tokens for the same low prices that they have always been.
This change will be made Friday, July 27th. So you have until then to take advantage of the current $30 Permanently Insane price.
Seriously though, did you know that LJ had begun collecting information about users' searches on the site and never made an announcement in news about it? In order to opt out, you had to stumble upon the old announcement in lj_biz.
Before Strikethrough happened, I was going to buy three permanent accounts on LJ. After Strikethrough though, I came here instead and bought fifteen. Not sure if you've ever checked prices, but running a site is damn expensive, especially one this size.
Of the sites that use the Danga software (LJ-type platform), IJ is the ONLY such site that has free accounts AND has a VERY responsive owner and support staff.
GJ might have free accounts, but there's no way to buy a paid account there. Don't use your account? They'll start trimming your icons out. Have an icon they decide is too revealing? Permanently suspended account. LostJournal, DeadJournal, and JournalFen ALL require either a code to join or for you to pay up front. There's Blurty, but I'm not very impressed by it.
I still think IJ is the best of them all.
That among others.
Seriously though, did you know that LJ had begun collecting information about users' searches on the site and never made an announcement in news about it?
I used to keep up with the stuff they tried to put over their userbase via no_lj_ads and that made me decide I'd never give them money out of my own pocket.
Before Strikethrough happened, I was going to buy three permanent accounts on LJ. After Strikethrough though, I came here instead and bought fifteen. Not sure if you've ever checked prices, but running a site is damn expensive, especially one this size.
I do have and pay for my own hosting, which I'd probably blog on instead if I weren't too lazy to set things up. But the thing is, like I said, I don't consider myself to be in the usual demographic for LJ and its clones.
So a lot of the connectiveness and features and stuff which are important to other users just don't mean as much to me.
But I'm glad you've found a place that suits your needs so well.
I still think IJ is the best of them all.
It does seem to be one of the nicer alternatives.