i collected twenty or so comments about it, and most people shrugged and said, this is typical of how commercial sites operate -- surfer beware! use your adblock, etc.
i have a paid account, so i'm not affected.
i don't think it will have an effect in terms of people leaving LJ.
in the wider internet market, how is the debate of subscription versus advertising as the way to support websites trending? will people pay (as with dreamwidth) for a commercial free service? or is advertising, with all its annoyances, the only way to go?
i noticed that the New York Times is going subscription, like the Wall Street Journal. But of course they're not a community or network like LJ or Dreamwidth.
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Date: 2010-01-28 02:00 pm (UTC)i have a paid account, so i'm not affected.
i don't think it will have an effect in terms of people leaving LJ.
in the wider internet market, how is the debate of subscription versus advertising as the way to support websites trending? will people pay (as with dreamwidth) for a commercial free service? or is advertising, with all its annoyances, the only way to go?
i noticed that the New York Times is going subscription, like the Wall Street Journal. But of course they're not a community or network like LJ or Dreamwidth.