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[tree_and_leaf]

I'm considering going over to a sponsored account (chiefly for the icon slots...) However, I'd like to know what the flist think. Those of you who have sponsored accounts, what have been your experiences with them. And those who don't - do you find the adverts tacky, nasty, annoying...?

Of course, I also have to decide whether I want to have my page endorse things I don't necessarily (or: how great is my lust for more icons?) - but that's my problem.

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[juno-magic.livejournal.com]

I've had a sponsored account for my icons journal, before a friend gifted me with paid time.

Here's the deal: anyone with a paid account won't see any ads anyway.

And those who are on a free account only need to use Firefox and the Adblock Plus extension (I use the subscription list of Easy List for the US and Dr Evil for Germany) and afaik they simply WON'T see any ads. I only saw nice empty spots where the ads would have been.

A friend of mine who is on Safari had to look at the ads though and found them very annoying.

So ... if you are comfy with Firefox, I'd say there's nothing to say against a sponsored account. And you can always warn those regular readers of your journal that don't have a paid account about the Firefox/Adblock Plus trick. :-)

[tree_and_leaf]

I didn't know you could do that - I'll bear it in mind for future reference!

[juno-magic.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the paid account. I can see you're already enjoying playing with new layouts. ;-)

That was really very nice of that Mysterious Benefactor. :-)

[tree_and_leaf]

It was! A sad distraction when I ought to be reading secondary literature about the theology of Catherine of Siena, though. (I bet if she'd had an lj it would have been blood themed and easily mistaken for that of a really morbid goth. That's a very disturbing thought, actually)