LJ Advisory Board: can you help with community access?

[rm]

Do you run an LJ community that has been or could be directly affected by unclear TOS on freedom of speech issues (think: political, religious, abuse survivors, creative, academic, fannish, queer, kink, poly, adult lifestyle)?

Do you run an LJ community that has been or could be affected by sloppy attempts on LJ/SUPs part to massage LJ's image (think: mental health/illness, abuse survivors, fannish, queer, kink, poly, adult lifestyle)?

Do you run an LJ community whose users have accessibility issues with the site (those with vision impairments, etc.)?

Do you run a community on any topic whatsoever whose users would be interested in discussion the LJ Advisory Board elections?

If so, I'd like the opportunity to hear the concerns of your users and talk a bit about where I stand on those issues. I promise to make only a single post to talk about the election (unless invited to do otherwise) and my candidacy and not spam the community or its users in any way.

If you'd be willing to let me post in those communities please let me know here or email me at racheline @ gmail dot com. If you're not a community maintainer, but have ties to a community maintainer and want to broach this issue with them, I'd appreciate it.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

I presume you are referring to a discussion in ljunited that I did not witness.

I strongly believe each community within LJ has the right to establish its own standards for topics and style of discourse, while also supporting the right of users to form the broadest array of communities.

The beauty of LJ is that is provides a platform for users to create communities tailored to their needs. I support LJ/SUP not curtailing the use of that platform; that does not mean I think all communities should be obligated to allow posts they find off-topic or inappropriate to their concerns.

That is why I am asking permission before campaigning on any LJ community.

As to the specific incident in question, I did not found that community, nor am I a maintainer of it. I support its vision for LJ and I'm happy to have their endorsement.

My campaign is my campaign. insomnia's community is his community. We're online friends and colleagues, but we do not and cannot control each other's actions in how we conduct ourselves online.

Finally, I was getting a blessed bit of sleep when whatever occurred and occurred, so my details on it are fairly limited, but I do not view it as an LJ policy issue.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I similarly have no plans to directly engage with any candidates in their own journals. It would, in my opinion, be disruptive of their virtual living room. My journal is my space, and people are welcome to speak out for or against my candidacy in whatever forums will have them, but I am not morally obligated for my space to be one of them, especially after providing courteous explanations and reiterations of my positions.

[groovinmahoovin.livejournal.com]

Why preemptively ban another candidate when he was offering to help you promote your candidacy, i.e. he runs several communities that were created in response to homophobia on LJ when gay men were banned from communities solely because of their sexual orientation? I suspect you have more in common with Jameth and his supporters than you realize.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly certain Jameth was banned from this journal because of his ugly behavior during the Frienditto affair.

[boomstick.livejournal.com]

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