I have a paid Dreamwidth Account - now what?

[mrsbrown]

The lovely damned_colonial has bought me a paid account at Dreamwidth. I think its great to support what they're trying to do, but I'm a bit confused about what advantage there is for me to maintain my paid account status. What do I get for my money? that I need?

I've never had a paid account at LJ. My account type there is old enough and basic enough that I've never had to worry about advertising on my journal. And anyway, I run adblocker, so I don't see ads anyway.

The only thing I missed at LJ was the ability to create feeds, and Dreamwidth includes that in its basic account. I don't use many icons, I don't think I need to subscribe to more than 1000 journals, or many of the other things I would gain from having more than a basic account. The only thing I'm slightly attracted by is polls. So here I go;

Poll #3134

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

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What's the best time to get out of bed on a Saturday morning

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6am Got to get everything done!
1 (12.5%)

7am It's light now
1 (12.5%)

8am Its early, but not too early
2 (25.0%)

9am It feels like a sleep in, but I can still have most of a day
2 (25.0%)

10am NOW I slept in, what next?
1 (12.5%)

11am Someone else can worry about Saturday morning chores
1 (12.5%)

12mid I don't want to know about it
1 (12.5%)

Are there other reaons to have a paid Dreamwidth account?

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Comments

[damned_colonial]

There's a list of paid account features here: http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=4

Also, although *you* don't see ads on your LJ account, others visiting it who don't have an old enough account or a paid account *do* see ads. I just tried it while logged out and with AdBlock off, and every page of your journal has animated banner ads. Also, are you aware of the thing they're doing rewriting all outbound links, which is both a privacy and security risk? Have you switched it off at the console? Details here.

In Saturday-morning-related-news, I intend to sleep in til 11ish tomorrow.

[foxfirefey]

I think that, given the things you don't need, the most awesome things of a paid account besides polls might be:

* Journal search -- once you get used to being able to search your journal, it's quite handy, and it's a paid feature. You're also able to search in all communities, not just paid communities.
* Having a bunch of notification subscription slots is also nice, as well as being able to subscribe to given comment threads. Like search, it's something you don't really think about until you're in the habit of using it.
* Comment editing
* Network page may/may not be interesting; I find it best when filtered for just journals or communities.