Why LJ Voice Post now has an 888 Number

[azurelunatic]

LJ Voice Post Numbers: *die en masse instead of intermittently like they've been doing*
LJ Developers: *smack provider, again*
Provider: *sits there, does nothing, again*
hachi: "OMG VOICE POST DEPRIVATION!!" *buys 888 number, hooks it up to own credit card* "Here. Toll-free number. NOW THIS THING IS GOING TO WORK RIGHT, OK?!?!"
brad: "... Wow, you didn't have to do that. Um, thanks?"
LJ Developers: "OMG you r00l." *madly scramble to get toll-free number support live, quite a bit ahead of schedule*
hachi: *smirk*

Paid Users: *beta test*
International Users: "Hey, where's the love?"
Alaskan and Hawaiian Users: "There's never any love for us."
LJ Developers: "Seriously, if any of y'all know about a good international provider, let us know, because we're looking for one who won't suck like the provider we're probably about to dump once the toll-free number goes out of beta doesn't suck."
Other International Users: *share tips and tricks on using toll-free numbers that are theoretically restricted to the US*
Party in Comments: *ensues*

Comments

[suckswhen.livejournal.com]

i also enjoy your play-by-plays.

[azurelunatic]

They are fun.

[synecdochic]

What I don't think anyone said anywhere, and what I discovered on Friday night at the Sixaparty, is that the 888 number is hooked up to hachi's personal credit card right now because expensing something is easier than getting approval to use the corporate credit card.

I don't think y'all appreciate us enough, sometimes :P

[azurelunatic]

I'd guessed something of the sort due to the immense appreciation for him going around, and especially the timing of it, the "Here. 888 number." followed by all the appreciation.

I realize that y'all are as serious LJ addicts as we are, and that's an important thing to know to make all this make sense.

And when someone's in a position to make things happen...

[azurelunatic]

And I edited the summary to slide that in, because it deserves being said explicitly rather than implied, now that I have confirmation.

[azurelunatic]

(The phrasing on the "appreciation" part is lifted directly from channel topic. *grin* )