Ok, seriously. What were they thinking?

[brooksmoses]

So I happened to load the main www.livejournal.com page just now, and they have an animated-GIF ad for the new "LJ Talk" service.

I think this is why real companies hire advertising departments.

Because, see, the tagline for the service really ought to be aimed at the target audience, not those of us who would be more likely to mock them.



And, really: "pants"?

Comments

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

well, i can't rightly say that i think highly of this little injoke being on the main page, but i remain glad that LJ isn't a "real company" in the sense that you mean. i suspect i would likely no longer be here if it were, and everytime they make a move in that general direction, i start to worry.

i much rather they do this sort of thing than that they worry at every step whether they're possibly hurting their "image". i really like a lot of the people who run LJ, i think they're good people, they have their hearts in the right spot, and even though some of their silliness isn't my kind of silliness, i take them any day over your average suit.