I think they said at "Greatest Journal," you get 1000 icons. Talk about overkill!
Really, I have 50 available slots and I have only uploaded 23, so yeah. 100 would be a bit much for me. But 1000? How do you even decide which one to use? How do you even remember which ones you have?! I can see some people scrolling through, having uploaded the same icon 4 or 5 times because they didn't even know they had already uploaded it!
I can't imagine why anyone would want that many user pics. I've only recently reached 10 of my allowed 15.
A permanent account now costs the same as six years subscription. That doesn't seem such a good deal. I originally got a paid account because I wanted to help LJ out. I'm less keen on handing over my cash now that LJ is much more clearly a business - I feel like a customer rather than part of a community.
Community? Yes and no. I feel like part of a community. The community of my friends list. Plus there are all the little cliques I belong to, where many of my friends are friends with other friends of mine. It's fun. And LJ itself was hardly a community when I joined. It's not like I ever knew everybody.
On the other hand, I definitely feel like I don't have a voice in lj, and it seemed I used to. You know, back when there were less than fifty thousand of us.
When I bought the perm, it was a good deal, and there was the bonus of giving LJ my cash to keep it going. $150 may or may not be a good deal, but there's no feel-good part of handing over the cash.
> ...back when there were less than fifty thousand of us. I'm user number 16924 and I thought I'd arrived late. It's pretty inevitable that it became a business, I suppose, now there are millions of users.
I know what you mean. I held out even longer than you did. I'm 18150.
I think there was a sense of community for six months to a year after I joined. I'm just glad that it has maintained a semblance of its former self, even though it has become this big. It's still intended to be a good community site, as opposed to lining the posckets of the shareholders.
I remember when you could look people up by user number; when you could find every comment someone had made; when support just meant send an e-mail to Brad; when there was a topic system; when I was the only person who listed sausages as an interest...
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Date: 2005-06-04 09:19 pm (UTC)From:::drools/lusts::
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Date: 2005-06-04 10:59 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-06-05 04:21 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-06-05 04:25 am (UTC)From:Really, I have 50 available slots and I have only uploaded 23, so yeah. 100 would be a bit much for me. But 1000? How do you even decide which one to use? How do you even remember which ones you have?! I can see some people scrolling through, having uploaded the same icon 4 or 5 times because they didn't even know they had already uploaded it!
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Date: 2005-06-05 04:44 am (UTC)From:Eh. Depends on how you use it, I guess. I know people that would put it to good use.
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Date: 2005-06-04 11:58 pm (UTC)From:Oh, wait, is this 100 with the $10/year user pic upgrade?
aw, crap.
Date: 2005-06-05 12:00 am (UTC)From:i just read the update
Re: aw, crap.
Date: 2005-06-05 04:21 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-06-06 06:13 pm (UTC)From:A permanent account now costs the same as six years subscription. That doesn't seem such a good deal. I originally got a paid account because I wanted to help LJ out. I'm less keen on handing over my cash now that LJ is much more clearly a business - I feel like a customer rather than part of a community.
Oh, stop moaning, J!
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Date: 2005-06-07 04:32 am (UTC)From:On the other hand, I definitely feel like I don't have a voice in lj, and it seemed I used to. You know, back when there were less than fifty thousand of us.
When I bought the perm, it was a good deal, and there was the bonus of giving LJ my cash to keep it going. $150 may or may not be a good deal, but there's no feel-good part of handing over the cash.
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Date: 2005-06-07 04:19 pm (UTC)From:I'm user number 16924 and I thought I'd arrived late. It's pretty inevitable that it became a business, I suppose, now there are millions of users.
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Date: 2005-06-08 04:22 am (UTC)From:I think there was a sense of community for six months to a year after I joined. I'm just glad that it has maintained a semblance of its former self, even though it has become this big. It's still intended to be a good community site, as opposed to lining the posckets of the shareholders.
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Date: 2005-06-09 11:03 pm (UTC)From:Young whippersnapper.
I remember when you could look people up by user number; when you could find every comment someone had made; when support just meant send an e-mail to Brad; when there was a topic system; when I was the only person who listed sausages as an interest...
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Date: 2005-06-10 05:08 am (UTC)From: