This is so not cool, LJ

[soc_puppet]

Words fail me.


I'm beginning to think I need a running tally of how many months LJ goes without making terrible PR decisions. Just so I can keep track. *goes back to staring hopefully in the direction of ScribblIt a-and virtually ignoring IJ, er*

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[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh fuck. What did they do this time? *blue means click*

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

... the fuck?

Okay, from a marketing perspective this was either a smart move by SUP or a move that made them shoot them in the foot.

I'm of course opting for the latter.

[soc_puppet]

I'd go for smart move if, you know, this wasn't THE INTERNET. 'Sup, SUP, you morons.

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

TEH INTERWEBS IZ SRS BIZNEZ, YO.

But seriously, are these guys fucking morons? How many Strikethroughs do we need until something gets through to the corporate mongrels?

[soc_puppet]

VAR SRS BIZNEZ.

As many as it takes for them to lose a good 50% of their userbase at this point, I'd imagine. I could write a paper on the idea that the internet causes brain damage based solely on the handling of LJ over the last... however long.

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait. Not true. The LJ users are intelligent enough. The corporate assholes of the real world trying to play a hand in the world of the interwebs, however...

Yeah. You might want to put things into a bit more perspective than what you mentioned before. Obviously, it's the opposite of what you say. Obviously.

[soc_puppet]

I'm not saying that the internet does make everyone stupid, I'm just saying that, if you only use 6A/SUP as an example? You could very easily get that impression. Plz to pardon my unintended foot-in-mouthage.

[jeva-chan.livejournal.com]

It's fine~ And like I said, it's the corporate assholes from RL trying to make their dirty money with OUR interwebs. Like hell we'll stand for it when we're obviously far more intelligent than they~

But yes! Do write the essay at some point! It would be complete win and awsum, really.

[soc_puppet]

Still, not a lot else we can do :/ Just yell, and make cool slogans. (I'm thinking of calling this one Basic Fail; what do you think?)

Playeth not devil's advocate! Also, I would totally never even get started, let alone finish, as I am hardly even remotely interested/don't have quite enough sources yet.