Last week LiveJournal users went out on a content strike, for the entire day users created no new content or made any new comments on the site. Even though Livejournal users were trying to make a point to the new owners they were conscientious of the network’s stability to be sure that users didn’t go too far during the strike.
beckyzoole, the originator of the Strike, received an email from someone offering to hack LJ in support of the strike. So in response she broke her strike long enough to log in and opened an Abuse report, to give the LiveJournal’s team a heads-up. That’s just how LiveJournal users are, they may be out on strike but they still care about their social network and making sure it is a safe and secure space.
As a result of the strike lj_2008 community, theljstaff has apologized for not giving the LJ Community of Users a chance to comment before they removed the option to open new Basic accounts. They said, "We didn’t follow our own rules, and we apologize" While not apologizing for the removal of the Basic account option itself, theljstaff confirms Anton Nossik's earlier suggestion of a compromise, saying that LiveJournal is "considering options which would allow existing users to continue to create new Basic accounts". theljstaff promises that LJ "will carefully consider your comments and together with Advisory Board post the final plan after the user elections in May."
