LJ Elections

I'm going to take a moment, a very brief moment, from squeeing over how adorable and perfect my new nephew is to talk about the LJ election for the user position on the Advisory Board.

I know that a lot of people's flists have been filled with news about it: people endorsing different candidates, wank over what's going on and people telling you whom not to vote for. I was hesitant on making a similar post, but the thing is, I think this is important.

Let me explain. I'm one of the skeptical people who really question how much power this position will hold with LJ. I definitely think that the things people campaigning are promising are probably out of their reach. That said, I still think it's important for people to *try*.

I'm one of the people who tried to leave LJ after Boldthrough, but just wasn't able to do it, because the rest of fandom had dug their heels in and eventually LJ became my main journal (even though I still cross post everything). I *know* I'm not the only person on my flist who was/is annoyed over what LJ did, but the thing is, we have no right to sit here and complain that we aren't being treated fairly if we don't take the chance to be heard when LJ gives us one. Maybe I will be completely surprised and LJ will listen to the Advisory Board more in the future, and if they do, won't we, as a whole feel stupid if it's one of the joke runners who's in that position?

Regardless, we can't, as a whole, decide to put all out eggs in one basket, and not try to protect that basket if given a chance. So please, please *please*, take the time to vote.

Since I feel so strongly about this, I actually spent last Saturday afternoon, reading through all the platform posts left by the candidates.

( For what it's worth, these are the people I think are worth voting for. )

( People I'm not voting for. )