LiveJournal will no longer have free accounts

As Brad Fitzpatrick, a member of the LJ Advisory Council, said in his blog on March 12, “SUP killed basic free accounts” . Now new users will be able to create only “improved” (with ad impressions on pages) or a paid account.

According to Fitzpatrick, he was against this idea, because understands that restrictions and imposing anything good will not lead. For already registered (until March 12, 2008) LiveJournal users, nothing will change. They can still continue to write in LiveJournal, sitting on a free and not burdened with ad units account. But new bloggers and "diaries" will either have to pay (a small, however, amount) for a paid acc or accept the presence of advertising.

via Utro.ru
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Update:
The news about the disconnection of the possibility to register a basic account was vigorously received by LJ users. In the wake of the anti-SUP'Supov sentiment , here began the sale of the "extra" free accos that some bloggers have. At bargain prices. Under the slogan "Anyone who does not want to pay $ 25 annually", "Anyone who does not want their live magazines contain a lot of nasty advertising", "Anyone who is willing to spend $ 10 once and not sponsor SUP". I don’t know if it’s a setup or just a method of self-praise, but they trade. Entrepreneurs ...