I believe I will also be joining this content strike.  Because I believe the concept of a basic account to be very important.  A basic account allows an individual to try LJ out for free to see if they like the product.  Something like test driving a car.  Giving the consumer the option to try a product out before they buy it has been a good business practice for many years.  Why would you buy something when you have no idea if you'll like it or not?  It seems like a waste of money.  This is how I tried out LJ.  And I can assure you of this, if I had not been able to try it out for free to begin with I would never have put out the money to buy a permanent account.

danihana

I too will be joining this movement.  Whether or not it's on a large scale doesn't matter, what matters is the message and spirit behind the movement.  And yes, the links in the quote do work if you want to use them.

When you are not only the consumer, but the author of the product you use, you are in a truely unique position.  A newspaper pays it's journalists and photographers so it can put their content into the product.  Those of us who pay for our accounts have to pay someone so we can put our content into their product.  And that is fine, for we chose to purchase access to the product.  However, considering we are not only the consumer, but also the creative medium that provides the product with content...should we not get a say as well (and not have our say censored at the same time)?

I honestly love using LiveJournal.  But I believe I should at least make some display to show my opinion.  So this is it.  I will 'see' you all again on the 22nd of March.  Until then, take care of yourselves!