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[ilanarama]

I let my paid LJ account lapse, because I'm kind of pissed at LJ over advertising and referral hijacking shenanigans, and I don't really use any of the extra services. I'm donating the $20 renewal fee to the OTW instead. FYI, I prefer the model Flickr and Dreamwidth use: limited basic functionality for free, extra services for paid accounts. Some types of advertising don't bother me as much as others. Oddly, the types that LJ use (in terms of positioning and ANIMATION and FLASHING and ARGGGH!) seem to be the most annoying (compared to e.g. Google and Facebook).

If you don't have an LJ, and want to read my journal ad-free (Hi Mom! Hi Eric! Hi any other crazy stalkers I don't know about!) read it at Dreamwidth: http://ilanarama.dreamwidth.org/

I am not leaving LJ, because a lot of you who I have known for many many years post there. (But if you want to move or crosspost to Dreamwidth, I have codes!) However: if you have a Plus account, I will probably either stop reading your journal (because it annoys me to get flashing ads right in my face as opposed to polite text ads in the margins), or I will move reading you to my other account (which is permanent, so no ads). ETA: I have now installed AdBlock Plus (thanks, Luz) which solves the problem.

Hello, people here from the DW friending meme thingy. I will check out your journals real soon now, I promise. Say hi or something.

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[luzula]

I just checked, and I apparently have a Plus account at LJ. But I run Adblock on Firefox, so I never see any of the ads--they're all blocked out. Why doesn't everyone do that? Okay, not everyone uses Firefox, but there must be similar add-ons for other browsers...

[ilanarama]

For some reason I never installed adblock (although I use noscript, which gets rid of a lot of ads at various sites). Maybe I'll try it.

If you can downgrade to Basic, IMHO you should, just to send the message that trading ads for extra services isn't worth it to you. (Unless it is!)

[luzula]

Yeah, I use Noscript, too, but I definitely recommend using Adblock, as well! I never see ads anywhere.

After investigating, it seems that if I downgrade, then any photos that are hosted in the LJ scrapbook will disappear. I've stopped using it now, but I have older posts with photos, and I have no time atm to go through them and re-host the photos elsewhere. Which means I stay with Plus for now, I guess. /o\

[ilanarama]

I use Flickr for my photo hosting. I have a paid account there, but free accounts are nice too.

[ilanarama]

Ooh, Adblock did the trick. Good call.

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Mom and Dad,

Today I achieved "crazy stalker" status at Camp Internet. Tomorrow we're learning how to make snares and skin game. You wouldn't recognize me under all the warpaint and dirt, but don't worry! I'm having fun and making lots of friends. Oh! I also figured out how to make it so you guys don't have to work anymore, 'cause a lot of my new friends are from Nigeria, and their like, totally rich and want to invest a lot of money in the U.S., and their going to give us a lot of money just to help them put money in a bank!!! Isn't that *cool*!?!? I *love* Camp Internet!

Oh yeah, there's also some girls that are lonely and want me to come play with them, but don't worry Mom... Camp Internet is very clean and safe, and I'm sure they only want to play House, 'cause they said something about "Doctor"...

See you soon!

Love,
Eric

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, Ilana... I saw "crazy stalker" and just got carried away :-)

Eric W.

[ilanarama]

You are my very favorite crazy stalker! And I would be happy to give you a DW code if you wanted an actual account. Or, you know, you can login with OpenID if you have an identity at some other OpenID site.