They're Not Even Trying Anymore, Are They?

[danalwyn]

Every once in a while I worry that I'll lose my job, and that I won't have the skills to manage to get another one. After all, the world is full of talented and experienced people, many of whom seem to be in my field.

Then I visit LJ. Honestly, if people are getting paid to roll out changes like that, then I've got no worries at all, do I?

Comments

[silverjackal]

I'm beginning to entertain notions that they want a fairly large part of their userbase (the freeloaders) to move off.

They are presumably trying to emulate Facebook, but what they don't seem to grasp is that most of Facebook's user base consists precisely of "freeloaders". They're the source to be datamined and sold advertising *to*. So yes, they're not paying directly, but without them there is no business. Then again, LJ's grasp of customer service is rather amusingly retrograde. Still, people validate that by staying with the service, so... *shrugs*.