I'll take you higher.

[samatethecookie]

Oh, dear. Look at what LJ just cooked up.

I thought people got paid accounts to avoid ads, not purposely set up ads on their blogs, but ... whatever. At least it's an opt-in. If I had to look at them with my paid account, no choice in the matter, then I would've been pissed.

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[sarahsaloser.livejournal.com]

I HAD A SIMILAR REACTION

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the wank that's coming out of this. It's clear that people didn't read the post. They just read the part with Google and Ads and basically freaked out.

Then again, I would've been pissed if this was mandatory for paid accounts, considering I just renewed my paid account a few hours ago.

[http://users.livejournal.com/beyondheroism__/]

I would probably not be uber-pissed if they ever did make ads mandatory. I think it'd be a stupid move on their part, but I, personally, do not really care that much.

So begins another round of LJ flounces.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I would only be pissed because I hate the way ads screw up the customization. I just don't like the look of them. But I have Adblock Plus for Firefox, so while it'd be annoying, it's easy to fix.

Oh, I know. It's kinda like "Let's go to dreamwidth because LJ is dying" all over again.

[simgaroop.livejournal.com]

You know, the very first comment on that thread pretty much confirmed my initial "HECK NO!" reaction when I found out about this new feature on my f-list.

Suppose I was crazy enough to turn this on. Considering the traffic I have on my LJ (as per my constant Photobucket bandwidth issues), I'd probably earn some money on a steady manner. Since my LJ consists mostly on my sims related stuff (both CC and stories), earning a profit from them would in turn make me a paysite owner.

HECK NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! :P

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

LOL. Good points! I hadn't thought of it like that for the writers in the Sims. I think this feature can only work for journals that get a lot of traffic. For bloggers like me, who barely participate in fandom at all ... forget it. xD;

I'm just happy that it's optional. I can see why people are annoyed with LJ on this one, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not that big of a deal, y'know?

[simgaroop.livejournal.com]

I agree, it's not that big of a deal. I confess I'd be tempted to turn it on (because as a student with no chance to work, my economy is a bit tight at the moment) if I weren't as opposed to paysites regarding the sims community as I am.

People will make a huge deal out of anything. I'm not sure if you're still involved with the Sims fandom, but back in June, a community I mod was offered the chance to "promote" the sims 3. We'd give a free copy away and change temporarily our layout (with an ugly sims 3 one) for a month. Once we were sure that the ads weren't harmful and would only "be active" when someone voluntarily clicked on them, we accepted the deal (we in turn would get permanent accounts).

It was a huge drama and we were called sell-outs. I was quite offended at this ordeal to be honest, because it was optional, but I dealtwith it. Many people left the community and all that too. So yes, people make a huge deal in the Internet out of anything.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understand that ... being an unemployed student is rough. Although, to be honest, I don't think it's possible to make a lot of money off of these ads, even with the heavy journal trafficking. Then again I'm cautious/suspicious by nature about the Internet. XD;

Oh man. I dropped out of the Sims fandom sometime after my best friend was unfairly ranted about in sim_rants because she ZOMG didn't read a post before posting her question. It pissed me off and then my enthusiasm for the fandom just... diminished from then on. That and I can't stand the overall attitude that's within the fandom.

But, uh ... wow, people freaked out and called you guys sell-outs over something like that? Goes to show you, people are way too sensitive about things like that. I'm sorry it happened. :\ Is it sad that I'm really not surprised, though?