LiveJournal posting limits
Feb. 5th, 2003 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amezriLJ Limits Posting
Basically:
Free users: 3 posts (maybe 4 or 5?)
Early adopters: 10 posts
Paid/Perm Users: 20 posts
People are all up-in-arms about it, which I can't really blame them for. But at the same time, this is a service, not a right. Yeah, you may pay for it, but I'm sure the contract you agreed to when you signed up for Livejournal stated that they could change the terms of the agreement without notice. Read the farking TOS:
Servers are very expensive and a pain in the ass to maintain. We only service 5,000 customers at our University and stuff breaks down all the time. We don't have nearly the bandwidth issues as Livejournal does, but we pay an ungodly amount for bandwidth (something in the six-figure range). Plus, do we even know if the handful of tech people have real jobs? It almost seems like Livejournal is their only source of income and if so, then they do need the money. You want the service? Pay them for it. It's only fair.
If the free user limit were say, 5/day, that might cut out some of the collective whine. There are nearly 1 million users on LJ and if everyone posted 10 entries a day... well, figure that one out. No wonder this place crashes so often. One thing that wuold lighten up the traffic around here: changing the icon limit from 40kb to 30kb. ::ducks the angry people:: Could you imagine how much faster pages would load if they weren't trying to pull the extra 10kb x however-many-posts per page? Besides download time, you'd be saving Livejournal tons of bandwidth.
People are saying that Livejournal will wither away as people move to other blogs. People already have other blogs. Free blogs, yet they pay for Livejournal. I have other blogs, but it's not as interactive as Livejournal is with its friends options, directory, comments, filters, syndication feeds, and a bunch of other things that are already put together and easily updateable. Livejournal is better because someone else does all the work for you and you don't even have to pay for the bandwidth. Ask people with heavy site traffic - how much of a nightmare is it when your site hits its 1GB/month limit in the first half? It's a bitch, I'll tell you.
So, before you go on complaining, just stop and think - is it really worth it to complain over this? They're just trying to make a living and you're just trying to post thoughts and events. They haven't limited anyone's content and when they start doing that, then yes, please start a flame war. (Of course, there are sections of the TOS covering that as well.)
Everyone just chill.
Basically:
Free users: 3 posts (maybe 4 or 5?)
Early adopters: 10 posts
Paid/Perm Users: 20 posts
People are all up-in-arms about it, which I can't really blame them for. But at the same time, this is a service, not a right. Yeah, you may pay for it, but I'm sure the contract you agreed to when you signed up for Livejournal stated that they could change the terms of the agreement without notice. Read the farking TOS:
VIII. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGEYou agreed to these terms when you signed up for an account.
You acknowledge that LiveJournal.com may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service and may modify those general practices at any time.
IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
LiveJournal.com reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice at any time. You agree that LiveJournal.com shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
Servers are very expensive and a pain in the ass to maintain. We only service 5,000 customers at our University and stuff breaks down all the time. We don't have nearly the bandwidth issues as Livejournal does, but we pay an ungodly amount for bandwidth (something in the six-figure range). Plus, do we even know if the handful of tech people have real jobs? It almost seems like Livejournal is their only source of income and if so, then they do need the money. You want the service? Pay them for it. It's only fair.
If the free user limit were say, 5/day, that might cut out some of the collective whine. There are nearly 1 million users on LJ and if everyone posted 10 entries a day... well, figure that one out. No wonder this place crashes so often. One thing that wuold lighten up the traffic around here: changing the icon limit from 40kb to 30kb. ::ducks the angry people:: Could you imagine how much faster pages would load if they weren't trying to pull the extra 10kb x however-many-posts per page? Besides download time, you'd be saving Livejournal tons of bandwidth.
People are saying that Livejournal will wither away as people move to other blogs. People already have other blogs. Free blogs, yet they pay for Livejournal. I have other blogs, but it's not as interactive as Livejournal is with its friends options, directory, comments, filters, syndication feeds, and a bunch of other things that are already put together and easily updateable. Livejournal is better because someone else does all the work for you and you don't even have to pay for the bandwidth. Ask people with heavy site traffic - how much of a nightmare is it when your site hits its 1GB/month limit in the first half? It's a bitch, I'll tell you.
So, before you go on complaining, just stop and think - is it really worth it to complain over this? They're just trying to make a living and you're just trying to post thoughts and events. They haven't limited anyone's content and when they start doing that, then yes, please start a flame war. (Of course, there are sections of the TOS covering that as well.)
Everyone just chill.
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Date: 2003-02-05 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-02-06 09:22 am (UTC).... okay, I hardly get around to ONE post a day... I couldn't imagine TWENTY! Don't these people have lives???
Jen
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Date: 2003-02-06 02:43 pm (UTC)Have I told you lately that I heart you?
Yup. I do.
With an asscreamcone.
<3
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Date: 2003-02-12 08:09 pm (UTC)Ooer.. an asscreamcone? o_O
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