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LiveJournal Buyout Confirmed

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  • Ads already in place (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 06, 2005 @02:13AM (#11273275)
    People are already reporting ads on LJ, even for paid users: http://www.livejournal.com/users/girlvinyl/178809. html [livejournal.com]
    • by Tink2000 (524407)
      Er, did you bother to go look at her references?

      It's quite clear (especially if you actually go look at the pages she cites) that she's been spywared.
    • The person reporting the ads seems to be the only person seeing them. Therefore, "Person" is reporting ads, not "People." And it could very well be spyware.

      The people running LiveJournal seem to be quite aware of an average user's worries about the project; hell, Brad Fitzpatrick himself seems to be one of the crowd who has chosen specifically not to sell his soul to the devil. RTFA to hear what he's actually saying. As he says, "Really you shouldn't see any negative changes." The LiveJournal operators wou
      • And if what you and Brad say wasn't enough, there's always Six Apart's own statement:
        "Q. What is going to happen to LiveJournal and its current users?

        A. We acquired LiveJournal because we like LiveJournal just the way it is -- it's an awesome product. We will invest in the further development of LiveJournal and help it expand its reach around the globe but our plans do not include removing the free level, plastering the sites with ads, owning user content, etc... We think the LiveJournal community is uniq
      • "The LiveJournal operators wouldn't violate this statement within moments of its being posted!"

        Right, but what I'm concerned about is their Privacy Policy. Since legally (and yes, IANAL) wouldn't the old owners have absolutely no say whatsoever what happens to the users information? Whats to stop these people from deciding one year down the line "hey, revenue is down, we need more money, lets sell our user lists to advertisers"?

        • Well, it does say that you will have the choice (starting in a few days) whether or not you want to accept the new privacy policy. They are posting in advance for you to review. If you disagree with the new policy, you have time to move somewhere else.
        • Right, but what I'm concerned about is their Privacy Policy. Since legally (and yes, IANAL) wouldn't the old owners have absolutely no say whatsoever what happens to the users information? Whats to stop these people from deciding one year down the line "hey, revenue is down, we need more money, lets sell our user lists to advertisers"?

          If you weren't aware, the original owners of LJ could do the same thing, and without notifying you?

          Keep in mind, even when you set up your slashdot accounts: Don't expect a
      • "The person reporting the ads seems to be the only person seeing them. Therefore, "Person" is reporting ads, not "People." And it could very well be spyware." Not spyware, but I've seen cases where some ISPs have teamed up with ad providers to insert ads randomly into pages, that's probably what that was.
        • Maybe AOL with their proxy systems, but I can't imagine why would a regular ISP highjack the html stream to insert their own content (not imposible, just unbelievable).

          Having said that, I get close to 0 ads just by using firefox (no special extension) and privoxy (privoxy.org).
          • A! I forgot. To be able to insert banners into a page while proxying the page you would have first to load the entire page and then modify the page. (This is the mechanism used by privoxy). This would result in the end user waiting some time for the page to start loading, and at least this would not go unnoticed and would be seen as a degradation in the quality of service.
          • "Maybe AOL with their proxy systems, but I can't imagine why would a regular ISP highjack the html stream to insert their own content (not imposible, just unbelievable)."

            Aparently it's a company called Adzilla. Quote [shellscape.org]:
            "Problem iss solve-d. ISP tells me that this is intentional, and just something being tested. Company called Adzilla has software for ISPs that can insert custom content into specific pages, so ISPs can do things like sell very cheap broadband, with the cost supplemented by their own target
      • Usually even their most questionable steps eventually wind up in the bounds of smart thinking and usually good taste.
        Well, except for Something Awful..
    • Read her replies to comments in her own LJ, as well as the journals she provides links to. It's pretty obviously a hoax intended to stir up panic and knee-jerk reactions among the more gullible LJ users.

      Note that said LJ poster is also involved with the now-offline LJDrama.org and Encyclopedia Dramatica [encycloped...matica.com] (current front page NSFW). Take it all with a nice, big grain of salt.
      • (current front page NSFW)

        Ahhhh! Please SPELL OUT the important acronyms. So other people won't have the panicked clicking-to-close-windows that I just had:

        NSFW = Not Safe For work
    • "person" [livejournal.com] was lying.

...this is an awesome sight. The entire rebel resistance buried under six million hardbound copies of "The Naked Lunch." - The Firesign Theater

 



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