Some people....

[conuly]

I can understand wanting (and expecting) compensation if you have a permanent account. You paid for that. But listen closely: if you have a free or early adopter account, you did not pay for anything. You did not lose money for the time that LJ was down. Yes, it sucks, yes, I can see how you were distraught and traumatised - but you do not deserve compensation. YOU SPENT AND LOST NO MONEY.

*sighs*

Comments

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

People who expect monetary compensation for time lost when LJ was down have even more pathetic lives than I do.

I mean...what the frell?

[conuly]

Well, technically paid users are getting compensated by having extra paid time (two weeks, which is not bad for a day's worth of down time), but it's like money in a way.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know that. That's nice of them to do that. (And I'm a paid user, so yay for me!)

But yes, it is stupid for the early adopters to expect it. Silly, silly people.

Oh I added you by the way. I notice you have a large friends list, so I'll understand if you don't add me back. I just did it because I like reading your journal through my friends page better.

[phoenixdreaming.livejournal.com]

oh YES.

(If no one else mops them up first, I'm tempted to work out my frustration at the compensation requests by writing a huge and beautiful and defeating-all-possible-retorts response. If I can think how to, at least; my whomps have never been Gunk-flavoured.)

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Heck, even as a paid user, I feel a little guilty for accepting the 2 week extra paid time. I'm grateful, and it helps!

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

Well I hate to bost (lies, all lies), but I was so damned busy this weekend I didnt even notice LJ went down. since i was to busy to make with the funny who cares?

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Can they sue for emotional damages? :)

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I have a paid account, but I thought the compensation was a bit excessive. (Doesn't mean I felt bad about taking it, though.)

jesus christmas!

[scottrossi.livejournal.com]

people ARE ridiculous. they do this at tmobile too. people who got free accounts from oprah or doctor phil call in and want monetary credits if their tower goes down or if they get a dropped call. its pathetic.

[thetaniwha.livejournal.com]

Wait..there are actually people who never paid the site a cent asking for compensation? Good God...

I wonder if those free users realise that the site is doing them a favour by not making them pay, not the other way round.Pfft.

[conuly]

Lots of them. It's scary.

[conuly]

Go for it. I'm getting irked.

[innerbrat]

I have to compliment you on your icon. That is all.

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

*grin*

And I have to compliment you on your username.

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I thought it was really cool that they offered compensation.
It never occured to me to expect it.

I wonder if that's because we don't have that thing here where you can sue over the silliest things(forget the right words right now)?

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

Frivolous lawsuits!

[beetlebomb.livejournal.com]

Hey, it sucked dirt, but I survived! I spend way too much time on my computer as it is, so it was an opportunity to get caught up on other projects. :)

[davidkevin.livejournal.com]

"I want more Free!!!"

What, they want two weeks of 'paid' privileges for "compensation"?

They were distraught and traumatized? Seriously?

[ shakes head sadly ]

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I don't care. I want two weeks of time where I don't have to pay for my free journal, too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for two weeks of paid account time. I just want two weeks of my free-journal with all the normal free features, only I want it free.

Is that really too much to ask for?

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I'm still too traumatized by Janet Jackson's Perky Nipple (I still wake up SCREAMING) to notice if the outage has traumatized me or not.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Stick and Stones
May Break my Bones
And Names can Really Hurt Me
But if a Server's
Down a Day
My Sanity won't Desert Me.

[conuly]

That's not what a lot of people are asking for, though.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I realize that. I just like to be realistic when I'm being demanding.

I take it most people want either money or free paid-account time.

It really is scary, but it's the kind of thing that if I don't laugh at it, I'll start crying.

[davidkevin.livejournal.com]

You should demand that FCC Chairman Michael Powell compensate you, personally from his own pocket, for what you've suffered. That's the only way justice will be served.

(If nothing else, demand the he buy you a nipple ring of your own.)

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm even surprised (though not complaining) at how MUCH compensation LJ gave to paid users. It was down for less than two days, three at the most, and we got two whole weeks? As I said, I'm not complaining, but I fear that the LJ staff did that because people felt that they were entitled to it. ^^;