LJ is apparently switching a lot of paid accounts to the automatic payment option on their end without notifying users. This isn't on either the news or biz comm, but several people on my flist have perked up with it since last night.
At this moment, the only journals I still have here are this one,
derek_bliss,
that_surfer_guy and
carpentersbride
The first two are already perm accounts, and the last is a plus. Baby Derek's (
that_surfer_guy) account hasn't been involuntary switched (yet), but I'm seriously considering shutting it down in he next few days even though it's paid for through next April.
Anyhow, I'd advise everyone who has a paid account go and check and make sure your account hasn't been, um, 'helpfully' switched to 'autopay' status.
ETA:
On further reading, I saw that an LJ helper mentioned on a flist buddie's post about this that LJ was not intentionally doing this, so it may be a messed up glitch (or a hacker). I'd still advise checking your accounts anyway, since I've seen several people already state it's happened to them. My other advice would be to alert the LJ team if you find this has occured. Even if they take the stance of 'we didn't do it', at least if people are telling them about it, they can't claim they didn't know.
At this moment, the only journals I still have here are this one,
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The first two are already perm accounts, and the last is a plus. Baby Derek's (
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Anyhow, I'd advise everyone who has a paid account go and check and make sure your account hasn't been, um, 'helpfully' switched to 'autopay' status.
ETA:
On further reading, I saw that an LJ helper mentioned on a flist buddie's post about this that LJ was not intentionally doing this, so it may be a messed up glitch (or a hacker). I'd still advise checking your accounts anyway, since I've seen several people already state it's happened to them. My other advice would be to alert the LJ team if you find this has occured. Even if they take the stance of 'we didn't do it', at least if people are telling them about it, they can't claim they didn't know.