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Sunday, March 16th, 2008 03:47 pm
Livejournal will never ever...
Screw with interests.
Or.
Remove basic to offer an exciting new level of account called sponsored users. Wait, you say. Isn't that plus?
Ah, no. At least, I don't think so.
Actually, I could be wrong, because I can't read code for shit yet. But as part of trying to work out classes, I started reading LJ code to get used to the patterns.
LJ Change Log, February 27, 2008.
I was looking at this:
+##
+## Returns possible domain for choosing sponsors.
+## Sponsor domain is defined for all users, not only in class 'sponsored'
+## When choosing a sponsor, domain of sponsor and user must match
+##
+sub get_sponsor_domain {
+ my $u = shift;
+ return 'sup' if LJ::SUP->is_sup_enabled($u);
+ return '6a';
+}
+
+##
+## Is user eligible for 'sponsored' account?
+##
+sub can_be_sponsored {
+ my $u = shift;
+ # all 'paid' account types - Paid, Permanent, Sponsored can not become Sponsored
+ return 0 if $u->get_cap('paid');
+ # is sponsors of user's domain enabled?
+ my $d = $u->get_sponsor_domain;
+ return 0 unless $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d} && $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d}->{enabled};
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub sees_sponsored_in_matrix {
+ my $u = shift;
+ # is sponsors of user's domain enabled?
+ my $d = $u->get_sponsor_domain;
+ return 0 unless $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d} && $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d}->{enabled};
+ return 1;
+}
+
I thought they meant communities. Not so much, since those already exist, so why bother with this?
Sponsored Accounts FAQ (coming soon)
And google search with some fascinating insights into how to go about getting oneself a sponsor. Still haven't turned up a TOS or FAQ yet, but possibly it's not yet online.
And this weird one (shows up on several of the google pages): Sponsored accounts are cool!
Okay, I am perfectly aware I could be reading the code wrong and this is actually plus with a new name. Except I don't think so. Also kind of amused if I'm reading this right that they've been working on the removal of basic accounts since October, the same time they started adding in the sponsored code.
Feel free to correct if I'm wrong; again, I'm reading for pattern, not literally, so for all I know, they're switching names around or something. It *could* be communities, but from what I can read on the classes, this isn't the community based coding. Nor is most of the stuff from google referring to communities instead of users.
ETA: Extra links
LJ Russian Interests Removed, picked up by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mecurtin (supplement to stewardess's post on interests.
Or.
Remove basic to offer an exciting new level of account called sponsored users. Wait, you say. Isn't that plus?
Ah, no. At least, I don't think so.
Actually, I could be wrong, because I can't read code for shit yet. But as part of trying to work out classes, I started reading LJ code to get used to the patterns.
LJ Change Log, February 27, 2008.
I was looking at this:
+##
+## Returns possible domain for choosing sponsors.
+## Sponsor domain is defined for all users, not only in class 'sponsored'
+## When choosing a sponsor, domain of sponsor and user must match
+##
+sub get_sponsor_domain {
+ my $u = shift;
+ return 'sup' if LJ::SUP->is_sup_enabled($u);
+ return '6a';
+}
+
+##
+## Is user eligible for 'sponsored' account?
+##
+sub can_be_sponsored {
+ my $u = shift;
+ # all 'paid' account types - Paid, Permanent, Sponsored can not become Sponsored
+ return 0 if $u->get_cap('paid');
+ # is sponsors of user's domain enabled?
+ my $d = $u->get_sponsor_domain;
+ return 0 unless $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d} && $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d}->{enabled};
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub sees_sponsored_in_matrix {
+ my $u = shift;
+ # is sponsors of user's domain enabled?
+ my $d = $u->get_sponsor_domain;
+ return 0 unless $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d} && $LJ::SPONSOR_DOMAINS{$d}->{enabled};
+ return 1;
+}
+
I thought they meant communities. Not so much, since those already exist, so why bother with this?
Sponsored Accounts FAQ (coming soon)
And google search with some fascinating insights into how to go about getting oneself a sponsor. Still haven't turned up a TOS or FAQ yet, but possibly it's not yet online.
And this weird one (shows up on several of the google pages): Sponsored accounts are cool!
Okay, I am perfectly aware I could be reading the code wrong and this is actually plus with a new name. Except I don't think so. Also kind of amused if I'm reading this right that they've been working on the removal of basic accounts since October, the same time they started adding in the sponsored code.
Feel free to correct if I'm wrong; again, I'm reading for pattern, not literally, so for all I know, they're switching names around or something. It *could* be communities, but from what I can read on the classes, this isn't the community based coding. Nor is most of the stuff from google referring to communities instead of users.
ETA: Extra links
LJ Russian Interests Removed, picked up by
mecurtin (supplement to stewardess's post on interests.
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From:Seriously, I keep staring at this and thinking, okay, so could *we* buy Livejournal somehow? *rolls eyes at self* Me and my lack of any financial sense speaketh!
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From:As for if we COULD, well-- no, not as it stands now I think. If they went onto an open market, I *THINK* a plan could be devised via stock. But it would take a lot of organization and money and probably a dummy corp ala OTW (similar structure maybe) and we all know who well fans perceive anything structured.
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From:*thoughtful* Assuming we survive, I kind of want to time how long it takes for LJ to freak out SUP. Considering how utterly floored SA was every time we, you know, communicated our displeasure, it's kind of funny.
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From:Apparently OTW plans to have the archive running sometime in August. Do we think that housing fic off LJ in that archive or on other journals - such as IJ & JF - might buy fandom time? i.e. so that it wouldn't be a case of fragmenting or decentralising - just a case of linking further a-field rather than decamping?
What we gained here was multi-fannish behaviour and the cross-polination of inspiration I feel. As well as... oh, you know friends!
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From:I suppose my opinion comes from not wanting to lose what we have before can have something better and not being forced to lose - contacts, friends, meta, thoughts, community, etc - at gunpoint.
But I do know how you feel, especially as it's increasingly about the money they make off the content we produce.
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From:*crosses fingers*
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From:Have you heard anything about that more recently?
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From:Or would part ownership leave fandom unprotected in future, in terms of the majority owner selling out and on?
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From:*fingers crossed that we survive in some similar/recognisable form until then*
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From:Yes, absolutely. That is - or was - the beauty of LJ: to have it all in one place. The people, the fic, everything. I really don't want to see that ripped apart, and yet it's looking more and more likely.
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From:Personally I'd also up the sex talk in general. Have frank and open discussions about various aspects, all legal, all about adults and all with fair warning to kidlets.
But I can't decide if that's a good thing to have around for the next extra special move LJ might make-- or my own personal vengeance coming out.
Personally LJ wins in terms of backend support, features, 3rd party extras and a host of other things. Which is why I want to stick with it for now.
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From:That's what makes it scary for me. I don't want this half and half.
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From:This I clearly remembered. I wish there was a way for their to be a concensus decision for fandom but there's no way that will happen ;-)
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