Warm up the backup software, Farkie!

[alexpgp]

According to one of the better-known members of LJ's Advisory Board, SUP has just eliminated the Basic Account option.

From the support FAQ

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"Basic Account is an option available to accounts which were created before March 12, 2008. No account created after this date can be turned into a Basic Account."

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Adds Brad:

I advised against this (when I heard a rumor about it awhile back). I hadn't heard anything recently about it. Perhaps they interpreted my advice as "well, okay, then maybe we'll at least grandfather the existing Basic users, and not convert them all to Plus..."

In any case, SUP apparently sees no value in freeloaders not looking at ads, not paying, and oh wait... producing most the content for other members to read, other members who are looking at ads and paying for their accounts.

Let's hope my permanent account is grandfathered.

Amen to that last, brother.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

He also said the the grandfathered comment was humor. We can only hope. I paraphrase one of the comments to that entry:

Brad's little internet baby is all grown up now and making decisions on its own, even if that means going on an all night bender and waking up next to a girl who sure was a lot prettier when it was drunk.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

How apropos, sorta.

Cheers...