losing has never felt so good

[rm]

Well, I lost the election for the LJ Advisory Board. But I lost it with a good showing, grace, dignity and my mental health intact. The results are something I can definitely live with, and the process introduced me to a lot of cool new people on LJ and really helped change my mind on my ability to deal with bullies and trolls and the like. If you ignore it, it will go away, but that doesn't mean you have to stop fighting for a second. This has been a fantastic lesson well learned, and I just wish Patty, who only got to see the bad end of this process with me before she went to her dig in Syria was around for this.

Meanwhile, LJ has announced several policy updates. They include removing restrictive policies on non-sexualized nudity (the greast breastfeedig icon debacle is finally over among other things) and non-photographic images of minors. These are Good Things, and I don't know why it took so long and so much pain for them to happen. Details here: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_policy/1935.html

Finally, a lot of new people are on my friends list thanks to the election. Despite the size of my list I do skim all of it every day. I am reading you, so I hope you will stick around. The last week has been hectic though, so if you want to take a moment to tell me a little bit about yourself in the comments, that would be awesome. Similarly if you have any questions about what's on the journal or my deal, feel free to ask here.

Thanks for your support. Losing has never felt so good.

Comments

[dine.livejournal.com]

I've long been impressed with things you had to say in news comments during recent LJ debacles, and was tickled for a chance to vote for you.

after reading your election/campaign post, and skimming through some back entries in your journal, I decided I really did want to know you better, so added you to my friendslist. thanks for adding me back!

I've been around fandom ten years or so, and am voraciously multi-fannish. some folks have said "Dine reads everything" which is pretty true - if the premise intrigues or I trust a writer, I'll check out stories in fandoms I've never heard of.

I've worked at an Early Head Start for eleven years and spend free time reading, socializing with friends, watching TV/movies and/or online (I like to think of it as multi-tasking). not an exciting life, but I'm generally content

[moem]

I've long been impressed with things you had to say in news comments during recent LJ debacles, and was tickled for a chance to vote for you.

This.
rm, I'm friending you, no need to friend me back unless you want to.
I'm Dutch, female, love motorcycle riding, cats and BookCrossing, and I'm a pescetarian. I'm not involved in fandom at all but it's not something I object to in any way.

I voted for you because you sounded utterly sane, and because of the actual contents of your platform posting.
I'm not too happy about legomymalfoy winning, because of the conflict of interests and her lack of accessability so far, but we'll see.
Recent policy changes left me cautiously optimistic. It's going to be interesting to see where we'll all be going from here.