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Okay, so last time we discussed this, I was giving SUP the benefit of the doubt. Not sure if I'm doing that any more.

What happened was this:
LJ got rid of the creation of new basic accounts (also, you can't switch an account back to basic now either). This is not particularly great but not the end of the world, despite the drama that would inevitably occur. (I don't like it, but it's fairly understandable; ad revenue basically makes the internet go round.) The big problem was they did it and didn't tell anyone. Even though they posted a news post that day.

Someone noticed and posted a comment, to which someone official replied, saying basically that they had to get rid of basic because people were supposedly confused by the number of account tiers. You know, since there were three. (Heaven forbid!)

Also in the "brilliant move, dumbass" department, they apparently didn't consult their vaunted advisory board before making this decision. Brad, for one, is not amused.

And that brings us to the inevitable half-apologetic news post of this evening. (Which boils down to, essentially, "We're not changing the decision. Too bad we didn't tell you the way you wanted. You're all so crazy it's hard for us to figure out how to talk to you.")


<sigh>
I did find a cool Movable Type plugin the other day (which someone aptly described as "Planet Me"), but I don't know if I really want to go back to 6A or not....

Also, this comes seriously two days after I renewed my account for another year. <facepalm>
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