Not sure if anyone has thought of this yet, but if we all were to consume the full amount of our services provided by our paid LJ accounts, we could potentially cost them some serious money.
I’ve been in web hosting a long time, and I can tell you the first rule to making money is oversubscription. They may give us paid account holders 2GB of storage space for our scrapbook and voice posts, but they don’t have 2GB of actual space for every member. Voice posts are a biggie, because there are real costs associated with it (they need to pay for that 800 number, after all). I suggest everyone max out their voice post allotment by calling in until they fill that full 2GB (or whatever your account comes with) up to the max. Sit on the phone humming for an hour, or recite the Constitution over and over. Hell, read the latest Harry Potter into the phone and post it. The more time you spend on the phone, the more it costs SixApart.
Don’t have voice posts on your account? I suggest that you upload as many large pictures as possible to get as close to that scrapbook quota as you can (and tell your friends the same). I think 39,000 people, each with up to 2GB of space, would get some attention.
Most of all, spread the word! We need as many people as possible to upload and record as much as possible to cost them as much as possible. Make pissing off a paid account holder bad for business. They took on the risk that charging only $20/year would cover the costs of running this place, so we need to make sure it hurts them where they seem to care the most: their wallets!
EDIT 8/7/2007 00:03 CDT: D'oh! Didn't look close enough at the FAQ about voice posts. They have a 5 minute limit. Oh well, just upload a bunch of pictures to fill the space.
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