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[scarfman]

So I read the headline in news that they're bringing back Basic Accounts.

Then I read on my friendslist that they're not really the old-fashioned Basic Accounts like I have, they have ads, like the intermediate account type between Basic and Paid that was brought out about a year ago.

Then I'm editing at one of my old entries, and I see ads.

It'd prolly be a minimal amount of research for me to find this out myself, but it's partly a rhetorical question:

So, is there any point anymore to me not upgrading to the intermediate ad-based account type, for the additional features - or does it exist any more? (If not, do I now have the additional features along with the ads?)

Edit On second look, it's the new sitemap I'm looking at. I took it for GoogleAds.

Comments

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

At the moment, if you are Paid or Permanent, you should not see any ads.

If you are Plus, you see ads all the time.

If you are the old Basic, I don't think that you are supposed to see ads. But check the FAQ, because I'm not sure.

At the moment, one can still create a community as a basic account, no ads. But TPTB makes it dang difficult to find that option!

[scarfman]

On second look, it's the new sitemap I'm looking at. I took it for GoogleAds.

[billfl.livejournal.com]

I've just started seeing a site map bar at the bottom of comments. I'm seeing it now, in fact (because I'm, y'know, commenting).

[scarfman]

Oh. That's what I'm looking at too. It looked like GoogleAds to me.

[blinovitch.livejournal.com]

I have clung fiercely to my grandfathered basic account. I do wonder about the day they declare even grandfathered accounts get ads.

[scarfman]

Check out the lj_2008 article linked in the news article on the return of Basic Accounts. I didn't spend a lot of reading comprehension on it, but I'm not sure that that isn't included in one or more of the options they're getting opinions on.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

It doesn't bother me, because I usually ignore the ads.