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[sheikah]

I'm not striking with LJ. I honestly don't care one way or the other. If the service dissatisfies you, leave. If you like it, stay. Being butthurt about it doesn't solve anything.

This sums up a lot of it (courtesy of hardvice and oh_mumble)

MAR 1999 — Livejournal founded

NOV 1999 — news founded

APR 2000 — Comment system added
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

AUG 2000 — Interest system added
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2000 — Paid accounts get new features
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2000 — Communities premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAR 2001 — Polls premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2001 — Invite codes premiere
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2002 — First dead account purge
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2003 — S2 premieres
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUL 2003 — User interest match feature disabled
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

NOV 2003 — Phone posts premiere; invite codes system removed
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUL 2004 — Fotobilder premieres
- Users go batshit, blame brad, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JAN 2005 — Six Apart buys LJ; LJ Blackout 2005
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.
- brad ascends into Heaven; becomes God of LJ to whom disgruntled users pray.

JUN 2005 — Second dead account purge; permanent accounts for sale; tags premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2005 — Free storage and userpic upgrades
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

FEB 2006 — Virtual gifts premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAR 2006 — Loyalty userpics; increased userpics for paid accounts
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

APR 2006 — Sponsored accounts premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAY 2006 — Nipplegate '06
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

SEP 2006 — Sponsored communities premiere
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

OCT 2006 — TXTLJ / LJTalk premiere
- No one notices.

NOV 2006 — LJ Blackout 2006
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

FEB 2007 — Military schools removed from school listings. Hogwarts, Starfleet Academy remain
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

MAY 2007 — Strikethrough 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

JUN 2007 — Permanent Account Sale, LJ Blackout 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

AUG 2007 — Boldthrough 2007
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.

DEC 2007 — Six Apart sells LJ to SUP; Certain keywords in user interests are unsearchable
- Users go batshit, blame Six Apart and SUP, threaten to leave in droves. Few do.



I personally like the text lj one.

Comments

[dreamybritactor.livejournal.com]

Hallelujah, Amen! As I put in a post yesterday, I think if the ones who want to leave, leave, but I am staying.

[prettyparadox.livejournal.com]

WORD. And the LJ text one was kinda unexpected, given the other lines haha.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

Butthurt?

[hskinn.livejournal.com]

That pretty much sums it up. Starr=WIN.

[professorohki.livejournal.com]

Yay, other people caught on. This whole thing can be reduced to "They're taking away my potential to have free stuff later." I laugh hardily at those with permanent accounts that are 'striking.' It's like... good job, they know that they're not getting more money out of you and now you're saving them space/bandwidth on top of it.

Oh noes, ads on a website. blocking them is soooooooooo~ hard.