Posting Limits
06-Feb-03
Well, I can’t believe this was implemented this quickly or this strictly, but okay, whatever.
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=news&itemid=63413
Short version: there’s a limit to the number of times you can post to LiveJournal now, including communities.
Free users: 3 posts (too low: should be 5 or 8 or thereabouts)
Early adopters: 10 posts
Paid Users: 20 posts
Permanent Accounts aren’t mentioned– I don’t know if they have a limit or not. Since I deliberately did not get a permanent account because I know they actually take away $$ from LiveJournal, I’m a little pissed. If I knew that paid accounts were about to get it up the ass, I probably would have bought a permaccount.
Editing a post isn’t mentioned– I can’t tell if that has an impact or not.
Comments are still unlimited, but I’m sure that will change in the future (probably with no warning as well).
Accessing/refreshing your pages is still unlimited. Again, that’ll probably change.
Note to certain folks in key areas who knew about this in advance: This is treading on a very fine line, in that I didn’t pay for a limited journaling service, and there was absolutely no warning whatsoever. And I can’t see any reason why there was no warning. No, really. I can’t. None. At. All. Because I know it’s been referred to rather obliquely in the past. And let me tell you– if this was the plan that’s been kind of hinted at, it’s a Bad Plan. And it’s being implemented terribly. And I don’t care if Brad’s a fucking cowboy– this is not fair notice, and it’s unprofessional, and it’s a terrible thing to do to the loyal users who are on the site. You want to announce this? Fine. Announce it. Then wait a week. Hell, there’s an announcement saying “Invite Codes Going Away” from the same week I joined the site, so I know that Brad knows how to announce good news, at least (even if he never follows up on implementing it). Raise rates– it’s better than this.
EDIT: Brad disabled the limit because it’s his birthday and he didn’t like being called names on his birthday– so, I suppose today’s fiasco now counts as “notice.” It’s the “We’re going to screw you later” notice.