please, please tell me this is a delayed april fool's joke

[sophiaserpentia]

LJ will now offer accounts which display ads on your journal and friend's page

But, hey! They'll be targeted ads, based on the interests in your interest list. Congratulations, you all belong to a focus group now!

Comments

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

This is also how I feel about this.

The whole thing doesn't really bother me so much, but then again, if I were running LiveJournal there would be no free accounts.

The only place I can see this becoming an issue is for communities; I'm not sure how this will be handled there.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

I would never have gotten rid of invite codes, either.

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

Okay, after reading about communities, this should not be an issue unless a community maintainer chooses the "sponsored" level for the community journal, which I see no incentive to do.