Oh LJ, you just get suckier

[tephra]

No more basic free accounts after the 11th.

So if you have a free basic account don't change it to plus for any reason or you'll be stuck with ads cluttering up your layout. Or you'll have to pay to get rid of them.

And of course there's nothing saying they won't decide to give everyone an "account upgrade" and turn all basic accounts into "plus" accounts to plaster ads all over them.

Edit: According to a support volunteer here if your user ID is under 15136000 you can still convert back to the ad-free basic account. At least for now.

Comments

[toshirodragon.livejournal.com]

They plaster ads all over my pretty Mushishi layout I will be the Streak of light headed for the exit you see out the corner of your eye!

pfft.. maybe I shoul mod Fred, if I could remember the damned password...

[tephra]

I know some people have mentioned in the assorted complaint threads that the ads would be less onerous if they didn't appear on people's journal layouts (like IJ does, the layouts are left alone but you get ads on the comment pages and any page that doesn't have your journal layout applied to it).

Of course, being LJ, I don't think telling them that they'd get less flack if they didn't fuck up the layouts people spend their time making pretty is going to do squat.

Firefox + Adblock + Greasemonkey + LJ Ads Butler = I don't see the ads anyway

Unfortunately so many people don't run that combo so I don't upgrade to get more icons just because the ads that I don't see will still fuck up my layout to people that do.

[toshirodragon.livejournal.com]

YEp Yep...

*Siah says OMG! Watch your language XD*

[tephra]

You can tell Siah I do... when my mom's around. :D