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.

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[aquaviann.livejournal.com]

I know you already added me back, but here's a belated intro anyway. I am a psychology student and a fanpoet (in other words, I fail at writing fic, and my main fannish contribution is poetry...and since the majority of the HP fandom is fic or art based, I have hard time finding active comms/events/etc. to contribute to). I moved my fannish journal to IJ, but my personal journal remains here. Things seem to be improving for fandom around LJ more recently, so I may move back with the fannish journal. It was through fandom that I found your journal, started to read it now and then, and voted for you as my first pick in the recent election.