Update on LJ Release 98/Friends Feed/Paid Accounts

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astronewt has made a new post in lj_releases clarifying some (certainly not all) of the questions and issues surrounding the new Friends page design.

It's short, so it's probably more helpful to just go there and read it, as well as the discussions in the comments, but major things that probably need pointing out are

* An option to turn off Infinite Scroll will be added before the beta period is over.

* Some customization options -- "at least text size and background images" -- will be added before the beta period is over.

* The mentions people have seen via Russian-language news of Paid Accounts going away refer to an eventual change in the pricing structure that will make all of the current Paid features available as separate a la carte options:

"This will involve changing things so users have a standard LiveJournal account to which they then can add the paid/extra features that they want separately (or feature packages/sets). The concept of buying something that's called a "paid account" is what will be removed -- extra features will be done as add-ons and add-on packages. Existing paid or permanent accounts at that time will be treated as premium/elite accounts that will have access to even more features than exist right now. "

So that particular thing might end up being an improvement, depending on the pricing structure -- you'd end up only paying for the options you want.

Also, Happy Halloweeeeeeen. Boo.