I think it's not becoming a MySpace. On MySpace you can't opt out of ads. Here, you can pay - is it $15? - and opt out of ads.
And then there's Facebook, where you not only can't opt out of ads, but they sell your information and violate your privacy in the most unspeakable ways.
There are ways that LJ could change to make me leave, but advertising on free accounts isn't one of them. They have to pay for the server space somehow, and because part of my job is placing ads on a different web site, I know just how little they're making from the ads they put up. (Unless you're clicking on ALL the ads AND buying stuff, they're still not making as much as they would from a paid account.)
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And then there's Facebook, where you not only can't opt out of ads, but they sell your information and violate your privacy in the most unspeakable ways.
There are ways that LJ could change to make me leave, but advertising on free accounts isn't one of them. They have to pay for the server space somehow, and because part of my job is placing ads on a different web site, I know just how little they're making from the ads they put up. (Unless you're clicking on ALL the ads AND buying stuff, they're still not making as much as they would from a paid account.)