1. The strike wont have any effect on the LJ corp. They will just wish it away.
That would be unfortunate for them if true. I think it's a good idea for LJ corp to pay attention to discontented users. (That doesn't mean "give them everything they ask for" it means "Are we pissing off a bunch of people.") They are already competing for advertising dollars with MySpace and Facebook. And of course with BlogSpot and all the other blogging software that's available out there. New users joining have dropped off dramatically over the years. The last thing they need is start bleeding existing users.
2. The strike has little to zero economic effect. A filibuster would have been better with every free member writing as much real content as possible.
The only people I've seen talking about economic effect is those who are against the strike. The pro side (at least those that I've been reading) never claimed there would be any economic impact or said it was a goal.
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Date: 2008-03-22 07:46 pm (UTC)That would be unfortunate for them if true. I think it's a good idea for LJ corp to pay attention to discontented users. (That doesn't mean "give them everything they ask for" it means "Are we pissing off a bunch of people.") They are already competing for advertising dollars with MySpace and Facebook. And of course with BlogSpot and all the other blogging software that's available out there. New users joining have dropped off dramatically over the years. The last thing they need is start bleeding existing users.
2. The strike has little to zero economic effect. A filibuster would have been better with every free member writing as much real content as possible.
The only people I've seen talking about economic effect is those who are against the strike. The pro side (at least those that I've been reading) never claimed there would be any economic impact or said it was a goal.