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mehitabelmmoss
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26 July 2007 @ 11:14 am

Outages

I loved getting small snippets of time from LJ as a Paid Member when there were major outages or site problems. It showed great customer service and willingness to go an extra step. As Perm Members we already have access to all the perks. A suggestion for LJ might be to give us the occasional Virtual Gift to bestow. I have used a few and they are fun. Would not using this as an additional perk on occasion also have the benefit to LJ to publicize the Virtual Gifts?
Just an idea but I think maybe a good one for all involved......

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livelovelibra on July 26th, 2007 03:27 pm (UTC)

i think that is an excellent idea...!!!

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elfy on July 26th, 2007 03:31 pm (UTC)

Nice idea, but honestly...

I think it's silly they want to compansate LJ users for these few hours of paid time, when it wasn't even their fault. Especially because I didn't notice that anyone who got 'accidentially' suspended was actually getting anything for it.
Doing someone wrong knowingly (even if in good thinking) should be the real thing you say 'sorry' for.

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artela on July 26th, 2007 04:37 pm (UTC)

Agreed - in this instance it was totally beyond their control. There is nothing to compensate *for*.

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jaebird on July 27th, 2007 05:40 am (UTC) (Expand)

qfemale on July 26th, 2007 03:33 pm (UTC)

suggestions?
I like your idea!

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purplejuli on July 26th, 2007 03:34 pm (UTC)

I think that with any website you have to expect times when the page is down or can't be accessed. As long as it's not excessive, I don't feel like I need to be given anything to make up for the time lost. But that's just me.

I think the virtual gifts are goofy but cute.

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surrey_sucks on July 26th, 2007 07:13 pm (UTC)

I agree-I don't feel entitled to compensation. However, the free virtual gift thing is a good idea! (I'm too cheap to pay for them!)

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lazigyrl on July 26th, 2007 03:36 pm (UTC)

Well, it is difficult to do much for those of us that have permanent accounts, but that would be a nice little touch.

I know I had my time extended or free user pic or something as a result of service interruption when I was a paid member. What have they done in the past for perm members?

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yueni on July 26th, 2007 03:37 pm (UTC)

Disagree. I don't use virtual gifts and I honestly don't like them either. Free paid time was something useful that I could have used. I don't want to be gifted with pixels that I think are worthless.

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qfemale on July 26th, 2007 03:54 pm (UTC)

In the past they only offered free paid time for your own account, you couldn't give it to somebody else. So as a permie that free paid time is completely useless to you.

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redwolf on July 26th, 2007 11:57 pm (UTC) (Expand)

bad on July 26th, 2007 03:42 pm (UTC)

+1 userpic limit for every outage will be great )

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charliemc on July 26th, 2007 03:57 pm (UTC)

YES!!!

(I can clearly never have enough icons...)

(grin)

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andy on July 26th, 2007 03:43 pm (UTC)

disagreed completely

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schnee on July 26th, 2007 03:44 pm (UTC)

Definitely a good idea - and LJ should love it as well, since vgifts do not actually cost them anything (as opposed to extra paid time etc). :)

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twissie on July 26th, 2007 03:47 pm (UTC)

That is a really good idea :D

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gkr on July 26th, 2007 03:48 pm (UTC)

Virtual gifts? hahahaha virtual means not real. Stupidest feature ever.

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natf on July 26th, 2007 04:22 pm (UTC)

Hear hear!

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sircaliban on July 26th, 2007 03:49 pm (UTC)

I've always thought virtual gifts were just kind of well.. pointless. And I also agree with Elfy.. it's silly that they want to compensate users for something that wasn't their fault. Consider the cost of whatever they do decide to 'reimburse' is going to be more than what was lost in 'down' time.

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rosie314 on July 26th, 2007 05:22 pm (UTC)

thats the beauty of giving virtual gift credits...its basically
done at no cost. and it gives a smile to most who receive them

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sircaliban on July 26th, 2007 05:34 pm (UTC) (Expand)

mehitabelmmoss on July 26th, 2007 04:02 pm (UTC)

Rather than answering everyone I'll just comment generally.

1) Great customer service means exceeding expectations. LJ seems to share this philosophy. When they screw up they try to make it right. When the problem is not their fault they still try to compensate for their customers pain. I was trying to think how they could make (many) perm members happy.

2) VGifts ARE silly. They cost nothing to LJ. If you don't want 'em, fine. I don't text, use Voice Posts, IM and I don't need 10GB of storage. I don't use most of the features available to me. This is something silly, yes, and fun to some of us.

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museumfreak on July 26th, 2007 04:10 pm (UTC)

http://www.livejournal.com/suggestions/

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natf on July 26th, 2007 04:19 pm (UTC)

I would rather have a couple of extra userpics or some more useful moods (e.g. in-pain, hurting, pain-free, etc.)

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thisdaydreamer on July 27th, 2007 07:54 am (UTC)

Ooh, considering how many friends I have with Fibromyalgia, that would be really useful!

BTW, did you know that you can choose a mood image (like "sad" or "angry") and type the mood you are really trying to represent in blank box next to it? It took me too long to figure that out.

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