Adventures of the 2-Faced Baseball

I'm looking to move this blog to another venue.  This is NOT a free AIM account, this is a paying account stuck with a slow loading ad banner by AOL.  I do this on a dial up which already slows the page loading due to the graphics.

The ball is boycotting AOL Journals with banner ads for paying customers.

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• #10 Comment from urbannote 
  11/30/05 8:59 PM | Permalink

  I agree that there should be some exceptions placed on non paying customers, it sort of seems unfair to those who pay, but if possible the ad's shouldn't be the sole reason journalers relocate. Great journal.
  http://journals.aol.com/urbannote/saysomething/
• #9 Comment from schnozbeary 
  11/19/05 9:37 PM | Permalink

  I'm just done....Penny
• #8 Comment from memes121 
  11/16/05 2:16 PM | Permalink

  I am angry yes. But I have friends here and they mean more to me than anything AOL does. I can't and won't leave them.
• #7 Comment from cmishvicki 
  11/16/05 11:26 AM | Permalink

  The following comment has been posted elsewhere but I believe it bears repeating:
  
  I've been reading about all the turmoil and hurt caused by AOL's decision to screw us again. I don't know why anyone is surprised.
  
  Honestly...once upon a time, the best thing about AOL was its sense of community. Those communities were led by paid folks who managed an entire cadre of 'community leaders.' CLs really cared about their communities. They poured their hearts and souls into creating and maintaining a place in the cyberworld where folks could meet, talk, laugh, cry, whatever. (Sound familiar, all you bloggers?) AOL, in its infinite wisdom, decided that the communities of old could be replaced with a new community of journals and that the CLs were no longer necessary. Why give free accounts when folks would write Journals for free and create whole new communities.
  
  Well, we all know that AOL is in this for the money, and, once the Journals hit their second year and were a proven success, BANG! A new source of income! Welcome to AOL's corporate-think.
  
  I'm sorry to say this, but AOL will never reverse its decision to have ads on journals. They have no problem moving into new, disturbing directions, but heaven forbid they take a step back based on their customer's wishes. After all...they make tons more money from their advertisers. We're just a drop in the bucket.
  
• #6 Comment from cherry2sweet2eat 
  11/15/05 11:35 PM | Permalink

  :::grabs her sign and joins the aol hating mob:::