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azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-06 06:29 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-06 06:29 pm
The major point of my rant
I saw many people in the comments of the News post saying that 50 entries per day for anybody was way too many; even 20 was way too many. As one of the high-volume users, I feel crowded with a limit of 20, considering as I go over that regularly. A limit of 50 leaves me plenty of space for all the updates my tiny little mind desires.
The post limits were originally conceived as a way to block lusers with scripts from attacking LJ by posting a hell of a bunch. There are better ways that Brad could have done this; from something I read elsewhere, evidently his communication with the majority of the support staff is less than optimal. [Edit: When I say "better ways", I mean the "not springing this on us" and the "talking to the other people first" better ways.]
Either this will get worked out, or people will leave.
The one thing I am sick of hearing about is people thinking it will reduce load on the servers to delete inactive journals. It will increase storage space, yes, but what we're talking about is activity causing the problems. The inactive journals are probably some of LJ's best-behaved journals: not posting a gazillion quizzes, not refreshing their friends list every two seconds, and especially not mounting script attacks on LJ.
The post limits were originally conceived as a way to block lusers with scripts from attacking LJ by posting a hell of a bunch. There are better ways that Brad could have done this; from something I read elsewhere, evidently his communication with the majority of the support staff is less than optimal. [Edit: When I say "better ways", I mean the "not springing this on us" and the "talking to the other people first" better ways.]
Either this will get worked out, or people will leave.
The one thing I am sick of hearing about is people thinking it will reduce load on the servers to delete inactive journals. It will increase storage space, yes, but what we're talking about is activity causing the problems. The inactive journals are probably some of LJ's best-behaved journals: not posting a gazillion quizzes, not refreshing their friends list every two seconds, and especially not mounting script attacks on LJ.
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It's freeloaders like me, even though I don't post much, who take advantage of it, not paying people who are using the service they paid good money for.
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And unless you do complicated things with PayPal or your credit card, they have someone to yell at if your account starts generating Bad Things, unless it's legitimately hijacked.
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