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Friday, September 12th, 2008 09:49 amThis is the most unprofessional, out-of-line thing I have ever read. Ever. Just in case they take it down ( here it is. )
At no point should these people have begun a service they couldn't afford to provide at $89 a month, especially not if it meant they couldn't eat to do so. Donations are not something you should expect from every user. They are a bonus. If you wanted everyone to be a paid user, you should have forced people to pay $1 to sign up for an account.
But you know what. Justifying this is not even something I can do. You should never, ever begin a "service" (if you can even call it that, considering) and then blame your userbase for your failings. Financial struggling is never fun, but really, it's nobody's fault but theirs that they couldn't manage to pay their bills.
If I had paid them even one cent (I was actually planning on seeing if I could buy a paid account when I renew LJ), I would have immediately regretted it upon reading this. This is just childish and vindictive, absolutely, and not the kind of conduct you should ever see from people who are essentially running a business. Particularly not people who are old enough to know better.
God, I am pissed. If they don't give us time to back stuff up, they will be hearing from me. Loudly.
At no point should these people have begun a service they couldn't afford to provide at $89 a month, especially not if it meant they couldn't eat to do so. Donations are not something you should expect from every user. They are a bonus. If you wanted everyone to be a paid user, you should have forced people to pay $1 to sign up for an account.
But you know what. Justifying this is not even something I can do. You should never, ever begin a "service" (if you can even call it that, considering) and then blame your userbase for your failings. Financial struggling is never fun, but really, it's nobody's fault but theirs that they couldn't manage to pay their bills.
If I had paid them even one cent (I was actually planning on seeing if I could buy a paid account when I renew LJ), I would have immediately regretted it upon reading this. This is just childish and vindictive, absolutely, and not the kind of conduct you should ever see from people who are essentially running a business. Particularly not people who are old enough to know better.
God, I am pissed. If they don't give us time to back stuff up, they will be hearing from me. Loudly.
