losing has never felt so good
May. 30th, 2008 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmWell, 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.
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.
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Date: 2008-06-01 12:07 am (UTC)It was I think, an interesting experience all around, and yeah, the best part of it is adding new folks. (I'm still working on it there lol.)
A little bit about myself....um...introductions (make me suddenly feel like Im trapped under a spotlight and asked for 'ze papers'..just kidding, not quite THAT bad, but they do tend to make me feel a little self-conscious lol.)
In all seriousness, I've no idea where to start, other than I've been on livejournal since late 2001...and my interests run the gamut, though I apparently give the impression of obsessive fixations at times. I checked you out after EruditeViking posted a promo at SOS_USA, and thought you were pretty cool. Too bad you didnt make it, but then too, you seem like a nice person and I dont think you deserve the hassle that job is gonna likely end up being.
And Im planning on sticking around lol. I've been enjoying reading your posts, and no worries on comments...I sometimes dont get much chance to post myself trying to keep up with reading.
Nice to meet you.
:)