About a Strike
Mar. 20th, 2008 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamadebThis is getting very complex.
1. I may or may not post tomorrow, but if I don't, it may or may not have anything to do with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beckyzoole's strike. It's Purim, it's Friday, I have a tremendous amount to do, jonbaker will be home and probably needing to use the computer to do actual paying work for at least a couple of hours, and I really wasn'tanticipating being online much anyway.
2. The strike is *not* to hurt anyone. That was never the intention. It was to prove to SUP that the prime reason for LJ is the content. If a significant number of people do not produce content for a day, they will see that the users are more than just people to produce ad revenue or membership fees. This was Brad's argument for why basic accounts are necessary. Of course, a day when no one posts will not hurt SUP - it'll save them money and bandwidth. I'm not sure this will have any impact.
3. There are unpleasant bedfellows attached to the protest now. Go here and here for more details.
I do NOT believe that participating in the strike makes one an antisemite -beckyzoole is herself Jewish and quite bothered by the association. (And, unfortunately, I'm not surprised about antisemitism in Russia. *sigh*). I don't think the vast majority of the people striking are even aware the new owner is Jewish, and I'm positive they don't care. It's about keeping things from changing and nothing more.
But it makes the fact that the strike is happening on *Purim* extra problematical *for me*, and I am only speaking for myself here.
4. This isn't the first time LJ has changed and everyone thought things were ruined. It will change again. Some will be negative and some will have a negative impact. I don't like IJ, so I'm not leaving yet.
1. I may or may not post tomorrow, but if I don't, it may or may not have anything to do with
beckyzoole's strike. It's Purim, it's Friday, I have a tremendous amount to do, jonbaker will be home and probably needing to use the computer to do actual paying work for at least a couple of hours, and I really wasn'tanticipating being online much anyway.2. The strike is *not* to hurt anyone. That was never the intention. It was to prove to SUP that the prime reason for LJ is the content. If a significant number of people do not produce content for a day, they will see that the users are more than just people to produce ad revenue or membership fees. This was Brad's argument for why basic accounts are necessary. Of course, a day when no one posts will not hurt SUP - it'll save them money and bandwidth. I'm not sure this will have any impact.
3. There are unpleasant bedfellows attached to the protest now. Go here and here for more details.
I do NOT believe that participating in the strike makes one an antisemite -
beckyzoole is herself Jewish and quite bothered by the association. (And, unfortunately, I'm not surprised about antisemitism in Russia. *sigh*). I don't think the vast majority of the people striking are even aware the new owner is Jewish, and I'm positive they don't care. It's about keeping things from changing and nothing more.But it makes the fact that the strike is happening on *Purim* extra problematical *for me*, and I am only speaking for myself here.
4. This isn't the first time LJ has changed and everyone thought things were ruined. It will change again. Some will be negative and some will have a negative impact. I don't like IJ, so I'm not leaving yet.
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Date: 2008-03-20 09:43 pm (UTC)And telling them that their model doesn't work in this case.
And so I think that those who choose to strike have a good reason and possibly a good method, although it's clear *they* think it's blackmail, not a demonstration.
It's just not good that people who are on the side of the strikers are on it for different reasons. Which says, "think about it" before going on strike, but does NOT say "Don't go on strike."