STFU, LJ consumers

[pez]

Interview with a Director of SUP who is looking after the blogging operations. Oh, Mr. Nosik, you're so manly and forceful you remind me of Kite. ♥

(Reinforcing the stereotypical view of the Russians. Anton Nosik iz doin it right.)

Though, to be serious, when I first heard of the strike I kinda just LOL-ed. Now... I might join. And I (finally) have a back-up account on IJ and am wondering how the hell anyone is going to take this forward.

[edit] An alternative translation that is also worth reading.

Comments

[firescribble.livejournal.com]

Wow. It's not so much the points he tries to make as the way he goes about it. What an ass. People who work with/for LJ shouldn't be allowed to talk. They can't do it without screwing something up.

I thought the boycott was a stupid childish idea but the things he said were insulting. I don't know what to do about this.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

The first thing I did was downgrade all my existing, old plus accounts back to Basic, so LJ isn't make money from me anymore.

But, at the same time, every time someone does that or arrange a mass exodus or whatever, it means hitting LJ where it hurts - in the pocket - and I doubt they'd actually do what the users want because of that. They'd just use more aggressive methods to find the money. So we all lose.

So, I don't know.

[firescribble.livejournal.com]

Read alternative translation. Am back to not caring about LJ wank again. :|

[crystalusagi.livejournal.com]

I was also of the mind that the boycott was just a childish idea and that it probably wouldn't do much. I respect LJ's rights to make decisions they think will benefit their company--they are a for-profit business after all. But man. T__T LJ sucks at dealing with its users. Really.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Yeah. But that's about the only thing that we can do, really. When I don't like the treatment I've been given by a service, I call/write/somehow let them know, and LJ is no exception.

I've read somewhere today that people who don't like it should just leave, like we'd stop buying from a particular shop if we don't like the service there. Yes, I could leave - everybody can - but most are being held hostage here because they've paid money* already and what LJ offers isn't a normal service like your water supply (it's just about you and the water), it's a platform for interaction (it's about you and the other users). And I have already made lots of interactions and it's all been saved here.

Once again, they need to hire a PR company, Sixapart didn't do it, and I doubt SUP will.


*one may say that paid time doesn't cost much, but if you come from say, Argentina, where you can happily live on $1000/month, then you might feel what you've paid to LJ is a larger amount than if you were an American.

[crystalusagi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think you can just up and leave if you don't like the service--not if you've already invested so much time and money into it. I've gotten used to using LJ, and have made a lot of connections I value through the service; I don't want to be forced to leave just because the management sucks at PR.

It's really sad that they aren't dealing with their users' concerns seriously. I also want to be able to write or call and have my concerns taken seriously when I don't like something. As a customer I shouldn't just be ignored and scoffed at behind my back =/ Oh, LJ. So much fail.

As a student making not-so-much money at all, I do think that what I've paid to LJ is a pretty big amount. I have family members whose monthly income is around $40 USD. It's not unreasonable to expect LJ to respect users who pay money for its service, damnit T__T