Open Beta speculations!
Apr. 29th, 2009 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxfirefey posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
dreamwidth_metaOpen Beta is...dundundun...tomorrow!
Here is your post to speculate on what's going to happen. Do you think seed accounts are going to sell fast or slow? What kind of drama is going to erupt when the flood gates are open? Are you expecting to drag people over now that the gates are open more, or are people you know banging to get in?
Here is your post to speculate on what's going to happen. Do you think seed accounts are going to sell fast or slow? What kind of drama is going to erupt when the flood gates are open? Are you expecting to drag people over now that the gates are open more, or are people you know banging to get in?
Re: Open Beta speculations!
Date: 2009-04-30 02:15 am (UTC)drama? OMG. open beta will have many more people who have no concept of what "beta" means. and the elitism wank is gonna continue, and the "i can't get MY name" shit is gonna start, and the people who're tired of the squee will get more nasty about it. and all sorts of old LJ business is gonna get dragged up because rah ran abuse. and there will be trolls. and shit stirrers who thrive on drama. oh yeah, lots of wank.
some people i know are eager to get in, some people i know are curious and willing to try it -- these are the ones i'll buy 1-month accounts for. some are ornery and pissed off at the hype, but so far nobody has harshed my squee too much. well, nobody i didn't expect to -- some people seem to rarely be happy for others. these are the people around whom you walk on eggshells if you're happy in love and they're unhappily single.
a lot more people than i expected actually got openIDs validated, and either already got an invite or will get one tomorrow. i am surprised because my flist is largely not in fandom, and also older and finds it harder to move into a new place. both my partners also made accounts, which surprised me, and i am pulling one of them into minionland. i guess my enthusiasm is still infectious. :)
generally i think there will be a lot of 1-month paid accounts because people without connections to those with invite codes (i see a lot of those on twitter) will want to try it out, and are not gonna bitch about $3.
i am most worried about people not grokking what "beta" means.