My statement is not intended to be a value judgement. It is simply what advertising revenue means.
The extent to which LJ is concerned with advertisers' needs compared to users' needs is the extent to which LJ is funded by advertisement compared to paid accounts and the like.
Of course it's users' faults. That follows from the first concepts.
As for the final point: until LJ was acquired by a company which had an interest in an IPO, that was less of an issue. A private company merely needs to make sure that income equals or exceeds expenditures over time. A publicly-traded company, by contrast, must do what it can to maximize shareholder value.
No offense, man, but your points aren't so relevant that they need to be copied and pasted in multiple places. Comments are always welcome in my journal, but I'd honestly prefer they were original.
Even before I (briefly, a year or so ago) switched to a "Plus" account, I remember thinking, "Why's everybody so annoyed about the advertising? Just let your eyes skim over them." Well, as the song says, "I was blind, but now I see." This whole debacle points up how there are bigger issues at stake here than just having to look at a few unsightly ads. It ain't about aesthetics.
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Date: 2007-06-03 05:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-03 08:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-03 10:26 pm (UTC)Exactly what I've been saying since then, too. It's all in my old comm in the icon I'm using.
Re: well, now ...
Date: 2007-06-04 01:09 am (UTC)The extent to which LJ is concerned with advertisers' needs compared to users' needs is the extent to which LJ is funded by advertisement compared to paid accounts and the like.
Of course it's users' faults. That follows from the first concepts.
As for the final point: until LJ was acquired by a company which had an interest in an IPO, that was less of an issue. A private company merely needs to make sure that income equals or exceeds expenditures over time. A publicly-traded company, by contrast, must do what it can to maximize shareholder value.
Re: well, now ...
Date: 2007-06-04 02:52 am (UTC)No offense, man, but your points aren't so relevant that they need to be copied and pasted in multiple places. Comments are always welcome in my journal, but I'd honestly prefer they were original.
Thanks.
Joseph
Re: well, now ...
Date: 2007-06-04 03:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-04 02:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-04 03:05 pm (UTC)