Quick question for you all: Now that Six Apart has sold LJ, and I will no longer be punishing the hated Six Apart by refusing to renew my paid account status, do you think I should renew?
Guess it depends on whether or not you'd like to support the new company as well. It would be easy for me to say "no" considering my paid account doesn't run out until June (and even now I tell people who ask that I will "probably not" renew my account, not "won't").
Personally though, LJ is becoming too big and out of control for me, which is part of the reason I'm spending more and more time at InsaneJournal. Yes, I'm well established here with dozens of icons and all, but... eh. Every time they introduce a new feature, it seems to me like they're trying to meet the features of Facebook or Myspace, heh. My opinion and all that, but hey, $.02 is $.02 :) Plus, I don't know enough about the new company yet to feel like supporting them (whether they're foreign-owned or not.) What I've seen so far is a lot of conpsiracy theory tinhatting, but until we've had a few more weeks/months of knowing what is going to change and how... eh.
Maybe you could renew it for a short time period, rather than a full year, if you're unsure?
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Guess it depends on whether or not you'd like to support the new company as well. It would be easy for me to say "no" considering my paid account doesn't run out until June (and even now I tell people who ask that I will "probably not" renew my account, not "won't").
Personally though, LJ is becoming too big and out of control for me, which is part of the reason I'm spending more and more time at InsaneJournal. Yes, I'm well established here with dozens of icons and all, but... eh. Every time they introduce a new feature, it seems to me like they're trying to meet the features of Facebook or Myspace, heh. My opinion and all that, but hey, $.02 is $.02 :) Plus, I don't know enough about the new company yet to feel like supporting them (whether they're foreign-owned or not.) What I've seen so far is a lot of conpsiracy theory tinhatting, but until we've had a few more weeks/months of knowing what is going to change and how... eh.
Maybe you could renew it for a short time period, rather than a full year, if you're unsure?