Scab? I like to pick them actually.

[emmelinemay]

Ok, this is annoying me.

Strike
A work stoppage undertaken in support of a bargaining position or in protest of some aspect of a previous agreement or proposed agreement between labor and management.

boycott
To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

If you refrain from posting today, you are not striking unless you work for LJ and your job is to post. You are boycotting LJ, as a user of LJ's services.

Ok? good. Not that anyone 'striking' today is reading, oh no. That's it, DON'T READ. That'll teach them.

p.s. if you're that bothered about adverts, may I recommend adblock or Remove It Permanently. If you're not using firefox, well, you SHOULD.

Comments

[poggs.livejournal.com]

Adblock++

[darkapotheosis.livejournal.com]

I think it's a good thing, cause if someone cares so much about LJ and it's state of being that they feel the need for boycotting and some kind of warped semi-political action over it, then hopefully while they're out boycotting LJ they might trip over a life and start to realise that the conditions of a blogging site is maybe not worth this amount of strain and worrying over.

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

heh - like the episode of the simpsons where itchy and scratchy is canceled and all the kids realise how awesome it is to play outside!!

[darkapotheosis.livejournal.com]

LMAO! I can picture hordes of LJ users, standing unsteadily at their front doors sniffing the air outside wondering how they get Air conditioning that runs so quietly, reaching for the function key to turn down the bright thing in the sky.

[mark13.livejournal.com]

If you post on LJ to ask where the picket line is, does that make you a scab?

One time when I went to Addenbrookes in Cambridge there were a bunch of staff outside protesting, so I made the rather unwise decision to tell them, "I thought nurses always said if you picket it won't get better".

[purplestuart.livejournal.com]

I keep on hearing other people mention something about a strike, whats going on?

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

Ok, so LJ's new owners have been making a few changes. One of the changes was that from march 12th, if anyone makes a new account, you can't have a free one without adverts. You either pay, or have a free one with adverts.

People are 'striking' (although it's really a boycott) by not posting today, as if that will somehow make LJ realise what a terrible idea it was, or something.

I will say, LJ introduced some of the changes in a rather underhand manner, by just taking it away, without announcing it or anything. That's not on. But really, LJ is a business, and we're users, and why should we feel like we're entitled to any service for free? Ads aren't actally that annoying anyway, if you have adblock.

As far as I can see, the only people really upset about this are people that are seriously into their fanfiction or role play on LJ, and so have a number of different accounts in different names.

Both maybetwisted and 2wheelsbetter are free accounts with ads, it just gives you more stuff. I can adblock any ads that are annoying.

But YMMV.

People that already have ad-free basic accounts can keep them, they won't become free with ads accounts, it only applies to new members.