code update

[mark]

We just did a rather large code update, with something like 50 separate commits... that's a lot. This should fix a lot of issues we've been seeing.

As always, if you run into anything, please let us know! You're welcome to comment here, or open a support request to get some help.

Thank you!

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[rosefox]

Also, are there any plans for à la carte purchases? I'd love to purchase more userpics but couldn't care less about the rest of the paid account perks.

[mark]

http://dw-biz.dreamwidth.org/332.html#cutid2

Scroll down to Why can't I design my own paid account or pay for features a-la-carte?.

Short answer: no, no plans. It makes no business sense to do that, and if we did, it would cost the same as a paid account anyway. You can read the above linked post for more of the discussion about it.

[rosefox]

Sorry, didn't mean to be one of those quote-me-the-FAQ types! I appreciate the quick, helpful answer.

[mark]

Don't worry about it! Better to ask a question and get an answer than never ask and wonder forever.

Besides, kinda makes me feel useful to answer questions. :)

I am not Mark or Denise

[zvi]

but the answer they have previously given to this question is:

(a) Not any time soon, maybe never.
(b) If they do, it's likely to be a paid user add-on, as opposed to just a la carte userpics.
(c) If they implemented a la carte userpics (without a paid account), they would wind up charging you about 90% of the paid account cost anyway, because userpics are the most expensive thing on the website and the sort of person who wants to buy just userpics uses them in an even more expensive way than the average of all people who buy paid accounts.

Re: I am not Mark or Denise

[rosefox]

Entirely reasonable. Thanks!

Re: I am not Mark or Denise

[zvi]

You're welcome. I wouldn't have said anything if I had realized Mark had linked you to the FAQ, but what I said basically summarized the FAQ.

Re: I am not Mark or Denise

[saoirse]

Just curious: How do you use userpics in a 'more expensive way' than average?

Re: I am not Mark or Denise

[zvi]

The more different icons a person uses (by which I mean, uses some way on the site that causes the icon to be displayed), the more expensive it is to serve icons.

Many people with a paid account don't upload all of the icons they are alloted, and rarely use most of the ones they have uploaded. (Sometimes this is because their icon needs are fulfilled at 15, so they buy the paid account to get the extra icons, but they don't need all of the icons a paid account provides) and sometimes it's because they're actually interested in some other paid account feature (the last time I renewed on LJ, it was because I couldn't deal with not being able to expand comments or edit my own comments.)

In any case, a person who is paying for just the icons is going to (a) never be the sort of person who bought a paid account for something other than icons and (b) more likely to feel like they need to max out their icon slot, so as to feel they're getting their money's worth, especially if the a la carte icons were priced where they'd have to be realistically, as just about the same $ as a paid account.

Also not Mark or Denise

[lady_ganesh]

I would also suspect that roleplayers are one of the big userpic buyers on LJ (I certainly was when I roleplayed) and they use a lot of userpics. A lot.