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cathexys because I think this is a good idea...)
If you are--like me--somewhat annoyed at LJ for catering to a very young crowd and trying their best to mimic MySpace (with all the things we may not like about that site!), there's one thing you can actually do: let yourself be counted in the age demographic.
As long as LJ sees HERE that the largest number of users is in the 17-20 crowd, they'll try to cater to that audience. One problem from my perspective is that the 18 year olds are less likely to pay, and I'd like to see the statistic modified for paid users! But as long as they're looking at the hard numbers only, we might as well throw ours into the mix.
So, if you're like me, and never wanted your birthday out there, you can you to EDIT PROFILE and add your DOB to be counted in internal LJ statistics but not displayed.
I just did that for all my accounts (I'd forgotten how many I created over the years and I forgot my Holocaust teaching one, so that's next :-). Given the age of many fannish folks and our tendency to not always have our birth year displayed, here's a chance to hopefully tilt those statistics a bit!!!
Pass it on and let's see whether we can make a difference and maybe let LJ folks know that some of their most active (and paying) users are not 18 year olds!!!
cathexys because I think this is a good idea...)If you are--like me--somewhat annoyed at LJ for catering to a very young crowd and trying their best to mimic MySpace (with all the things we may not like about that site!), there's one thing you can actually do: let yourself be counted in the age demographic.
As long as LJ sees HERE that the largest number of users is in the 17-20 crowd, they'll try to cater to that audience. One problem from my perspective is that the 18 year olds are less likely to pay, and I'd like to see the statistic modified for paid users! But as long as they're looking at the hard numbers only, we might as well throw ours into the mix.
So, if you're like me, and never wanted your birthday out there, you can you to EDIT PROFILE and add your DOB to be counted in internal LJ statistics but not displayed.
I just did that for all my accounts (I'd forgotten how many I created over the years and I forgot my Holocaust teaching one, so that's next :-). Given the age of many fannish folks and our tendency to not always have our birth year displayed, here's a chance to hopefully tilt those statistics a bit!!!
Pass it on and let's see whether we can make a difference and maybe let LJ folks know that some of their most active (and paying) users are not 18 year olds!!!