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Mar. 30th, 2008 10:57 amA little bit about the LJ's latest news post, and particularly about the upcoming "sponsored" account..
The owners of paid/sponsored accounts will not see advertisements in other people's journals, while existing paid users will not see banners in a sponsored users' profiles.
So, this means that the paid (with actual money!) users still have to see the branded lj´s? You don't think that branded layouts count as advertising? What is the point in paying money for not seeing adds if the paid users end up seeing ads anyway? And haven't we already had this same conversation with the Pepsi Max-thingy?
Users will be offered paid accounts that are supported by sponsors. Users will be able to choose accounts from a range of brands supporting this program. Should the sponsor stop supporting this arrangement, the account will revert back to its previous type.
With this, I have an issue. A big, personal issue, even when the problem is still completely hypothetical at this point. Let's say a paid account is a big damn thing to the user. She/he has her entire picture library or something there. And let's say that the sponsoring party has a right to withdraw it's support at any giving moment, thus reverting the account. Would this lead the user to modify her content to fit the sponsor's needs? Admittedly, every user entering this scheme will do it voluntarily, but do they all realize what the deal is when they start? I don't think that your Pepsi sponsor would look your Coca Cola opinions with a good eye. And I don't think that World Vision would be delighted to see their ad next to your real people slash porn.
On completely other things, I got my iPod Classic yesterday. It's... big. Really big. And heavy. It's bigger and heavier than my cell phone, and *that one* has a camera and a phone and internet along with the nice "plays music!"-feature. iPod Classic is nothing that a girl could carry around in a jeans' pocket. On the other hand, I dumped there my whole mp3 collection and a few videos as a test (I have always been avoiding mp4's and it's the only format that iPod plays, duh) and a couple of audio books and interviews when I wasn't paying attention, and the used memory -bar went up, like, a one notch. So, yay, but if I would had a chance to actually hold the Classic in my hands before the purchasing decision, I would had brought Nano, hands down. And yes, I named it Patrick. There are probably thousands of iPod named Patrick in the World. Because us fans are so unique.
The owners of paid/sponsored accounts will not see advertisements in other people's journals, while existing paid users will not see banners in a sponsored users' profiles.
So, this means that the paid (with actual money!) users still have to see the branded lj´s? You don't think that branded layouts count as advertising? What is the point in paying money for not seeing adds if the paid users end up seeing ads anyway? And haven't we already had this same conversation with the Pepsi Max-thingy?
Users will be offered paid accounts that are supported by sponsors. Users will be able to choose accounts from a range of brands supporting this program. Should the sponsor stop supporting this arrangement, the account will revert back to its previous type.
With this, I have an issue. A big, personal issue, even when the problem is still completely hypothetical at this point. Let's say a paid account is a big damn thing to the user. She/he has her entire picture library or something there. And let's say that the sponsoring party has a right to withdraw it's support at any giving moment, thus reverting the account. Would this lead the user to modify her content to fit the sponsor's needs? Admittedly, every user entering this scheme will do it voluntarily, but do they all realize what the deal is when they start? I don't think that your Pepsi sponsor would look your Coca Cola opinions with a good eye. And I don't think that World Vision would be delighted to see their ad next to your real people slash porn.
On completely other things, I got my iPod Classic yesterday. It's... big. Really big. And heavy. It's bigger and heavier than my cell phone, and *that one* has a camera and a phone and internet along with the nice "plays music!"-feature. iPod Classic is nothing that a girl could carry around in a jeans' pocket. On the other hand, I dumped there my whole mp3 collection and a few videos as a test (I have always been avoiding mp4's and it's the only format that iPod plays, duh) and a couple of audio books and interviews when I wasn't paying attention, and the used memory -bar went up, like, a one notch. So, yay, but if I would had a chance to actually hold the Classic in my hands before the purchasing decision, I would had brought Nano, hands down. And yes, I named it Patrick. There are probably thousands of iPod named Patrick in the World. Because us fans are so unique.
