jesus loves you you shall be saved;

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I really hate to do this, but...

Y'ALL AREN'T STRIKING. THAT'S NOT WHAT A STRIKE IS.

yamiaudra's coming over later! I think I'm in the mood for some DMC1~, which I'm realizing is the only one of those games I ever just pick up and play 'cause I'm bored. If I need a DMC3 or 4 fix I just watch the cutscenes.

I wonder if I can go the whole day without watching that freakin' movie again.

Edit: I've used about fifty minutes of the three hundred I started with... That's... I think I can keep it down to ten bucks a week? Which is not saving a terrible lot of money.

Comments

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

I am so horribly sick of all of this "strike" bullshit.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I'm sick of the misuse of the term! You strike when you work for someone--it makes me think that maybe these folks think that they're doing LJ a service by posting on the site, rather than the other way around?

Which is... no

And that's not even touching the fact that it's not going to make a freakin' difference.

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

I am glad none of my Friends seriously considered this. I mean, if you want to piss SUP off? POST LOTS OF VIDEOS AND PICTURES TO USE UP BADWIDTH! Plus, a lot of people I know are going to be off doing other things since they don't have work/school.

In conclusion, I'm getting pizza for dinner.

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

hahaha INORITE?
Their little "OH LAWD, LET'S STRIKE SO WE CAN GET BACK BASIC ACCOUNTS" idea is bullshit. SUP or whatever runs LJ anymore has made it clear that they want more profits, which is totally fine.
It's not like the non-paying users are doing anything more than eating up LJ's bandwidth.
I also don't see the problem in basic accounts going away. Aren't all of the people who are boycotting LJ for a day existing users that have access to basic accounts? WHY DO THEY CARE?

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

Butting in: I am envious of your friendslist. Mine won't shut up about it.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I think the "strike" is mostly in fandom circles, which is definitely not all of LiveJournal. And it's not a strike, it's a BOYCOTT. But that sounds less dramatic. And I question the wisdom of pissing these people off anyway--not that this will piss 'em off.

Dude, what toppings~?

[ex-monarchy375.livejournal.com]

LOL STRIKE except...not. :| Sure, I'm not psyched that they won't let us make new basic accounts, but when it comes down to it, it IS their site, and they can actually do just about anything they want. I know a couple people on the advisory board are pissed about it, maybe instead of going OMG GAIZ LETZ NOT POST 4 A DAY they should put it in the hands of the board members to try and actually DO something about it? Or jeez, at least don't call it a strike. 8|

Seriously, if they wanted to do something to piss LJ off, I've gotta second matadin; they could just post a lot of ridiculous stuff at a wild speed and just overload the servers or something. What kind of a difference is not using LJ for a day going to make? NONE. 8| Not to mention it's a holiday for some people where they don't use the computer to begin with, and it's gonna look like they participated in the strike. Lamesauce.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I can see the issue with SUP kinda sneaking around to get rid of them--which they did, but... holy overreaction, Batman. I love LJ, I spend massive amounts of time on this site, I've got a ton of different journals and... I am not freaking out about this.

IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE... whatever.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I guess STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE is more dramatic than... LET'S NOT POST? It's all romantic, though--like remember last time LJ crap went down, and they were all pirates?

THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST. BY NOT USING LJ, IT'S LIKE BEING FREAKIN' GHANDI? I don't know.

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

Well yeah. SUP should've consulted the advisory board, but I still don't see a big deal. If people aren't paying for a service that suddenly gets taken away, I see no reason for them to be able to complain. :<

LOL LJ USERS. YOU'RE SO SPECIAL. :')

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

LJ users have got a scary entitlement complex. We're the special snowflakes of the Internet.

[astrokittie.livejournal.com]

Most people on the internets that I've encountered are entitlement whores.
LJ just seems to have the largest congregation of them.

[ex-monarchy375.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I guess this is better than the pirates, though. That was actually far more annoying in my opinion. :| Either way, they could at least just say they're boycotting it? LJ will probably be psyched on the boycott, though. Less bandwidth for them to worry about!

OH GOD DON'T SAY THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT START COMPARING THEMSELVES TO GHANDI YOU KNOW HOW SOME PEOPLE GET WITH LJ

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

And I don't think as many users are going to strike as they think--odds are good it won't even affect the stats all that much!

I'M SURE IT'S HAPPENED ALREADY. THERE WAS ALREADY A MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMPARISON.

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

I'LL STRIKE WITH YOU. 8D Overloading the servers just sounds kinda stupid, sorry. I'm not striking for the fact that they took away basic accounts; I'm striking for the fact that they didn't inform anyone and because of the censorship of certain interests.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

But it's not a strike. We don't work for LiveJournal, they do us a service. It's a boycott.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Yuuuuuuup.

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

Pfft, strike has less letters to type.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

And it makes the whole thing seem so much more dramatic.

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

MOAR DRAMA.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

DRAMA IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF LJ, I THINK.

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

[SUCKS]

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[sexpress.livejournal.com]

OM NOM DRAAAMAAAAAAA.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

HOW DO YOU KILL A DRAMA!VAMPIRE