permanent (seed) account

[redbird]

I have bought a permanent account on Dreamwidth. This doesn't mean I'm leaving LJ. It does mean I expect to stay on DW, don't think it's going to evaporate in the next year or two, and generally approve of what they're doing, including but not limited to not putting ads on free account pages (which only works if a significant number of users are paying for accounts). I like Dreamwidth, and right now they need the money (which is why they're putting a few hundred of these on sale). Also, a few times over the years I've thought that it would have made better sense to have bought a permanent LJ account instead of buying a year at a time; the tradeoffs are actually slightly better at DW (though both the yearly and seed/permanent account prices are higher than at LJ).

If I read things right, I have the choice of transferring the paid time I had left to someone else, or converting it into Dreamwidth points (which I suppose I could then divide up and use to divide the time among two or more people?). I think the first step is to check how much time is involved. On the off chance anyone reading this who doesn't have a Dreamwidth account wants one, I also have a few invite codes available; just ask.

Comments

[erik]

I've been waffling about it since they were announced. And then completely forgot when it was supposed to be until the post saying "45 minutes!" I'll see what I feel like in 10 hours (I doubt I'll be awake in 4 hours)....

[voidampersand]

Thanks for the reminder. I got a seed account. I probably could have gone on forever with a free account but Dreamwidth deserves the support.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That sounds reasonable to me, and I'm contemplating doing the same.