I loved that line. Really. 'Cuz it's so true! ♥♥♥

All I can really see here is a vicious circle. LJ is hard up for money -> LJ introduces (more) ads -> people stop renewing paid accounts -> go to step one.

I was watching FF.net around that time, but I don't recall whether I had an account there yet or not ^^a I have seen a number of their bad moves, though.