Um. I'm not sure that I agree that LJ is like the SCA, a social entity.
The SCA started as a hobby - a community, if you will - of like-minded people. The BOD was originally set up to support the community and be subordinate to it. (At least, in theory.) The point of the SCA is not to support the BOD.
LiveJournal, on the other hand, is a *product* - just like CommYou will be, someday. Presumably created for some kind of profit, somewhere (I don't think this is all freeware, is it?). Now, one of the best ways to *make* profit is to get more customers, and make them feel all warm and cozy and Part Of It All - Part of the Community, and all that. But that's not the point of the enterprise. The point of the enterprise is to make money.
If the community gets angry at you, then certainly that will have consequences, money-wise, especially if the customers leave. In that sense, a hullabaloo will get attention. But I don't consider myself a "citizen" of LJ the way I am a "citizen" of the SCA, and I would think it would be dangerous to expect a business to act in any way other than in its own best interest. (See: Superfund sites, exploding Pintos, etc.)
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The SCA started as a hobby - a community, if you will - of like-minded people. The BOD was originally set up to support the community and be subordinate to it. (At least, in theory.) The point of the SCA is not to support the BOD.
LiveJournal, on the other hand, is a *product* - just like CommYou will be, someday. Presumably created for some kind of profit, somewhere (I don't think this is all freeware, is it?). Now, one of the best ways to *make* profit is to get more customers, and make them feel all warm and cozy and Part Of It All - Part of the Community, and all that. But that's not the point of the enterprise. The point of the enterprise is to make money.
If the community gets angry at you, then certainly that will have consequences, money-wise, especially if the customers leave. In that sense, a hullabaloo will get attention. But I don't consider myself a "citizen" of LJ the way I am a "citizen" of the SCA, and I would think it would be dangerous to expect a business to act in any way other than in its own best interest. (See: Superfund sites, exploding Pintos, etc.)