Quiet Friday

[rabidsamfan]

I wrote most of this in response to another journal, but it made enough sense for me to only say it once that I'm posting it here too, slightly modified.

I'm not going to be on LJ on Friday at all, not because I think it's going to make a huge difference, but because I think that corporations do notice when enough users don't use them. And because I don't want to get pushed into moving all my fanfic somewhere else. (Which, given that they've already decided not to host one kind of legal, but borderline, type of material, is a possibility.) In particular, I'd like the fellow in Russia who wrote so sneeringly about the users to get a tiny taste of crow. Boycotts are one of the gentler tactics open to consumers when they are hoping to convince a corporation that it's taken a wrong turn, and they have worked in the past.

Having said that, I also think that the apology which came out about how the Basic accounts would/would not work was rather handsomely made, and I'm certainly not going to be snarky about anyone who feels that their concerns have been answered and they don't need to strike.

If I had a birthday to celebrate I'd just post the greeting very late tonight instead. (Or do it when it turns Friday in the far east or something.) Or, far more likely, ask the birthday person if they supported the strike and respect their wishes.

Besides I'll be posting over at IJ anyway, so I'll get my fix... (even if I really really don't like "tweak".)

Comments

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

I plan to hang out at IJ starting at 8pm my time this evening!

[dreamflower]

I'll be not posting or commenting--though I'll probably read my flist if anyone's on it.

And I completely forgot I have a GJ account. I guess I should look into IJ and JournalFen, too.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

IJ, like GJ, is free. GJ's site owners aren't supporting it any more, so it's starting to die a slow painful death.

JournalFen you've got to either pay or be invited by a paid user. I know that lbilover is a paid user, because she set up an account for me there (and Shirebound and Claudia, I think).

[b-briarwood.livejournal.com]

and me!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

*shuffles foot* Sorry. Yep, you too. :)

[b-briarwood.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like I expect you to know...
I was just helping to point out that's she's been more than generous in getting people journals. :D

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Except that I checked, and you were already on my flist there. I probably should've known, LOL.

[oliviaramirez]

I've used adblock on the Tweak image. I don't like it either.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Wisely and sensibly said, as ever. :)

[b-briarwood.livejournal.com]

don't forget, For those who are participating, the time is midnight to midnight GMT.
To find how this correlates to your local time there is a table here that lists most major cities.

I'll be partying over on IJ starting 7pm CST tonight.

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

Has anyone warned IJ that their servers are going to implode on Friday?

[b-briarwood.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'm pretty sure Squeaky is aware of what's coming.

I'm still striking!

[mariole.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to be mollified by a promise to do better, when this corporation has consistently lied to us before. "We broke our own rules, sorry!" *spits*

I think they're scared, and are trying some up-front damage control (now that they might be losing a precious buck). That apology disgusted me because I saw it as pure PR. If they had invested in this a little sooner, there wouldn't be a problem.

*dons strike placard * heads for IJ for a day!*

Whahoo!