» 012; for the sleep you've never slept
Aug. 10th, 2012 02:14 pmBefore I begin this entry, I would like to say that by no means do you have to read this, nor do you have to agree with anything. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and here I am simply voicing out mine with regards to the current "icon glitch" situation. If you could even call it a situation really.
First off, I would like to thank the DW maintainers for allowing us to use the glitch for so long. It's been almost 8 months since many people from LJ have migrated over to DW. It has been almost 8 months since the maintainers have allowed us to have more than 15 icons as it was a workaround for problems that arose with the imports from both Livejournal and Insanejournal. That's 8 months of possible income that did not come in from countless of people, bloggers and roleplayers alike. They aren't greedy in the least. In fact, they've been very generous for allowing the glitch to go on for as long as they have. And once again, thank you, maintainers.
I'll admit that I too used the glitch for my own selfish roleplaying needs. I have three accounts that use the glitch right now, a few others that I've never added more than 15 icons to, and one that I've been paying for ever since the migration. After hearing the news of the glitch removal, I wasn't too crushed or anything like that. In fact, I've decided to pay for one of those accounts using the glitch and I'll revert back to 15 for the other two.
Why aren't I mad at the maintainers for implementing the removal of the glitch? Because I knew it was coming. I'm more than certain that everyone else knew this as well.
You guys, the ones complaining right now, knew that this was coming. You didn't know when but it was definitely coming. Maybe you hoped that it would last forever, maybe you thought that the maintainers don't mind (and maybe they don't). Whatever your reason may be for denying this coming won't change the fact that it will happen. All things come to an end and the glitch isn't spared from that either.
Honestly, I am ashamed at how many people have been acting with regards to this. From a business standpoint, it makes complete sense to finally fix the glitch. That way, they may receive more income to keep the site running. They may use the money we pay them to help serve us better, to keep the servers up and to present better changes in future code pushes. The Dreamwidth staff aren't to blame. Not in the least. You just want to complain and point fingers but what good will that do you in the end?
Seriously, how would you like it if your job decided to give free stuff but made you work for the same pay? Without compensation? This is exactly the same as that.
The maintainers have been kind and generous to us since the beginning and I personally see little to no fault in their actions thus far. Sure, I may have some suggestions of my own but we can't always get what we want. I may not get that 2-month month premium paid package that I wish they had just like both you and I may not keep the icon glitch after a 24 hour period.
In the end, it all lies in how we react to things. You may decide to be grateful or ungrateful. You may decide to be mad or to shrug it off. It's as simple as that. My advice? Be the bigger man or woman and don't let this upset you. Thank the maintainers for their generosity. Don't stress over something as simple as icons and paid accounts. It's all a matter of looking at things with a better perspective than letting yourself stew in your own self-imposed problems.
First off, I would like to thank the DW maintainers for allowing us to use the glitch for so long. It's been almost 8 months since many people from LJ have migrated over to DW. It has been almost 8 months since the maintainers have allowed us to have more than 15 icons as it was a workaround for problems that arose with the imports from both Livejournal and Insanejournal. That's 8 months of possible income that did not come in from countless of people, bloggers and roleplayers alike. They aren't greedy in the least. In fact, they've been very generous for allowing the glitch to go on for as long as they have. And once again, thank you, maintainers.
I'll admit that I too used the glitch for my own selfish roleplaying needs. I have three accounts that use the glitch right now, a few others that I've never added more than 15 icons to, and one that I've been paying for ever since the migration. After hearing the news of the glitch removal, I wasn't too crushed or anything like that. In fact, I've decided to pay for one of those accounts using the glitch and I'll revert back to 15 for the other two.
Why aren't I mad at the maintainers for implementing the removal of the glitch? Because I knew it was coming. I'm more than certain that everyone else knew this as well.
You guys, the ones complaining right now, knew that this was coming. You didn't know when but it was definitely coming. Maybe you hoped that it would last forever, maybe you thought that the maintainers don't mind (and maybe they don't). Whatever your reason may be for denying this coming won't change the fact that it will happen. All things come to an end and the glitch isn't spared from that either.
Honestly, I am ashamed at how many people have been acting with regards to this. From a business standpoint, it makes complete sense to finally fix the glitch. That way, they may receive more income to keep the site running. They may use the money we pay them to help serve us better, to keep the servers up and to present better changes in future code pushes. The Dreamwidth staff aren't to blame. Not in the least. You just want to complain and point fingers but what good will that do you in the end?
Seriously, how would you like it if your job decided to give free stuff but made you work for the same pay? Without compensation? This is exactly the same as that.
The maintainers have been kind and generous to us since the beginning and I personally see little to no fault in their actions thus far. Sure, I may have some suggestions of my own but we can't always get what we want. I may not get that 2-month month premium paid package that I wish they had just like both you and I may not keep the icon glitch after a 24 hour period.
In the end, it all lies in how we react to things. You may decide to be grateful or ungrateful. You may decide to be mad or to shrug it off. It's as simple as that. My advice? Be the bigger man or woman and don't let this upset you. Thank the maintainers for their generosity. Don't stress over something as simple as icons and paid accounts. It's all a matter of looking at things with a better perspective than letting yourself stew in your own self-imposed problems.
