Selling not working...just yet

Well, all three doujinshi I put up on eBay didn't sell. However, I have relisted them, cleaned up a little of the information, and I have also found three communities to advertise in. So here's hoping. I just need to find the scale around here so I can figure out rates for media mail on my Japanese manga to sell.

The Hope Diamond of Spin

sarcastic_elf, I think your Hope Diamond analogy is sounding more and more true everyday.

Okay, yes, this is another "What did LJ's owners fuck up now?" post. If you're not interested at all, that's fine. I'm not certain how everyone's friendslist are so I'm passing the info along.

There's a content strike on Friday brewing for LJ. Current outrage is due to this (article within) and LJ not letting its customers know upfront about a change to the accounts. (Another less incendiary translation of the article by furiosity, with some helpful cultural points. )

So, want more info?

Here.

I like femmequixotic's view here.

An industry POV of all this by xie_xie_xie (IJ).

Personally, with so little time to spread the news, I don't think it's going to do much. But I probably will be inadvertantly participating by the fact I really don't post much on Fridays. I look at my friendslist...unless I'm trying to fit in some game time before I leave for the gym. Last week I saw my friendslist on Thursday, and didn't see it again until Sunday.

Or they can go by copperbadge's suggestion and post the heck out of LJ til one of the servers goes down.

Will the drama continue?

Screw it. It was going to be an ETA for this, but now it is a whole new post. Sorry if I'm spamming.

RE: the previous post: cleolinda lists out what's been going on.

BUT!

theljstaff aka LJ official posters, just posted in lj_2008 an apology. It's not in news, which is where it probably should also be, but it is an official LJ community. Huh.

The announcement last Wednesday was a mistake in regards to Basic accounts, as the change was not clearly stated, it did not allow for you to provide feedback, and went into effect immediately. Many of you have pointed out that the decision worried you less than the way it was communicated. You should have been given a voice, and you were not; we didn’t follow our own rules, and we apologize.

At this point we are working on a solution to enable existing LiveJournal users to create new Basic accounts as so many of you have requested. Nothing has been decided yet, but we are considering options which would allow existing users to continue to create new Basic accounts.

I'm beginning to wonder if it is two different people posting this stuff. Considering the tone of the last news post. Maybe the two should meet and trade PR tactics.