Thank you guys for all your hard work, I really do appreciate it (especially considering you recently were kind enough to transfer paid time on one of my accounts).
I do have a couple questions about previous issues that were addressed in the other news post but I haven't seen mentioned since:
1) Is anything ever going to be done about the number of accounts that are being hoarded and/or are clearly left abandoned? In the past I didn't find it to be much of an issue, but given that everyone has been here for several months now and many others have been created, it's becoming extremely frustrating to find so many usernames just being sat on with no use, little to no comments, and in some cases no confirmation of their email/no way of contacting them about it. I recently created a new account for a character and was getting pretty frustrated at having to go through literally 10+ accounts that have 0-5 comments, no icons, never been posted in, and were made either before or during the big move to DW. I know there have been specific individuals who have been reported for hoarding usernames because they have lists that were clearly visible at the time, but beyond that the number of abandoned journals just seems to be piling up and it's pretty unfair for people who would be putting them to use.
2) I know you guys were kind enough to introduce icon slots, but are there ever going to be any other options? I ask because I did recently have a premium paid account and the only reason I purchased it was not for the length of time but for the icon space. I think I speak for a lot of RPers when I say that icon space is generally one of the big reasons we are willing to opt into the premium accounts rather than the length of time. However it still seems like such a huge jump from 3 months to 6 months, $6 to $25 and then 100 icons to 250. Would you ever consider doing either something similar to what LJ did (a package of userpics rather than individual slots) OR some sort of middle ground, maybe x amount of dollars for 1-3 month accounts with 250/more icons? You guys have been fantastic about being open to other options and additional features for everyone, and I do think especially for RPers it would be extremely useful to have another level in between. (Hopefully it would cut down on the need for manual transfers as well!)
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I do have a couple questions about previous issues that were addressed in the other news post but I haven't seen mentioned since:
1) Is anything ever going to be done about the number of accounts that are being hoarded and/or are clearly left abandoned? In the past I didn't find it to be much of an issue, but given that everyone has been here for several months now and many others have been created, it's becoming extremely frustrating to find so many usernames just being sat on with no use, little to no comments, and in some cases no confirmation of their email/no way of contacting them about it. I recently created a new account for a character and was getting pretty frustrated at having to go through literally 10+ accounts that have 0-5 comments, no icons, never been posted in, and were made either before or during the big move to DW. I know there have been specific individuals who have been reported for hoarding usernames because they have lists that were clearly visible at the time, but beyond that the number of abandoned journals just seems to be piling up and it's pretty unfair for people who would be putting them to use.
2) I know you guys were kind enough to introduce icon slots, but are there ever going to be any other options? I ask because I did recently have a premium paid account and the only reason I purchased it was not for the length of time but for the icon space. I think I speak for a lot of RPers when I say that icon space is generally one of the big reasons we are willing to opt into the premium accounts rather than the length of time. However it still seems like such a huge jump from 3 months to 6 months, $6 to $25 and then 100 icons to 250. Would you ever consider doing either something similar to what LJ did (a package of userpics rather than individual slots) OR some sort of middle ground, maybe x amount of dollars for 1-3 month accounts with 250/more icons? You guys have been fantastic about being open to other options and additional features for everyone, and I do think especially for RPers it would be extremely useful to have another level in between. (Hopefully it would cut down on the need for manual transfers as well!)