Paul Gadzikowski ([info]scarfman) wrote,
@ 2008-07-17 18:16:00
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So I read the headline in [info]news that they're bringing back Basic Accounts.

Then I read on my friendslist that they're not really the old-fashioned Basic Accounts like I have, they have ads, like the intermediate account type between Basic and Paid that was brought out about a year ago.

Then I'm editing at one of my old entries, and I see ads.

It'd prolly be a minimal amount of research for me to find this out myself, but it's partly a rhetorical question:

So, is there any point anymore to me not upgrading to the intermediate ad-based account type, for the additional features - or does it exist any more? (If not, do I now have the additional features along with the ads?)

Edit On second look, it's the new sitemap I'm looking at. I took it for GoogleAds.


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[info]acciochocolate
2008-07-17 11:35 pm UTC (link)
At the moment, if you are Paid or Permanent, you should not see any ads.

If you are Plus, you see ads all the time.

If you are the old Basic, I don't think that you are supposed to see ads. But check the FAQ, because I'm not sure.

At the moment, one can still create a community as a basic account, no ads. But TPTB makes it dang difficult to find that option!

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[info]scarfman
2008-07-18 03:00 am UTC (link)

On second look, it's the new sitemap I'm looking at. I took it for GoogleAds.

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[info]billfl
2008-07-17 11:47 pm UTC (link)
I've just started seeing a site map bar at the bottom of comments. I'm seeing it now, in fact (because I'm, y'know, commenting).

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[info]scarfman
2008-07-18 02:59 am UTC (link)

Oh. That's what I'm looking at too. It looked like GoogleAds to me.

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[info]blinovitch
2008-07-18 12:41 pm UTC (link)
I have clung fiercely to my grandfathered basic account. I do wonder about the day they declare even grandfathered accounts get ads.

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[info]scarfman
2008-07-18 01:29 pm UTC (link)

Check out the [info]lj_2008 article linked in the [info]news article on the return of Basic Accounts. I didn't spend a lot of reading comprehension on it, but I'm not sure that that isn't included in one or more of the options they're getting opinions on.

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[info]purpleranger
2008-07-18 05:43 pm UTC (link)
It doesn't bother me, because I usually ignore the ads.

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