I need to finish my Agon app for
theskytides and reply to comments and catch up on
discedo andandand. Bah. At least I have the day off today. ♥
FIRST THINGS FIRST, THOUGH:
THE LIVEJOURNAL USER-REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONSThis is an interesting development, guys, so listen up. The short version: fandom's rallying behind
legomymalfoy,
rm and
vichan (
their platforms are here, with some discussion as to
legomymalfoy's suitability for the position), to be voted for in that order, apparently, because voting for the same peep three times doesn't do squat.
legomymalfoy was leading last we heard, and apparently the plan is to keep the momentum going.
The alternative and current second runner-up is
jameth, who's basically
a known troll and in cahoots with the ONTD mod. According to
some, this would make him perfect for the job.
Other useful links:
•
All of the candidate platforms, and some interesting perspectives on the aforementioned leading candidates.
•
bookshop's
appeal to fandom to spam our newsletters, which is actually how yours truly even heard about this. :p
• If you're too lazy to explain all this crap like I did,
furiosity has provided a handy-dandy C/P pimp post to get the word out.
•
Encyclopaedia Dramatica's article is surprisingly informative, at least regarding the wank section LOOOOL.
• All this election hullabaloo has led me to
efw, which is officially my favorite new haunt. TIME WELL-WASTED. :D
• There are so many cross-links anyway. FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELVES JESUS. ♡ :||
AND FINALLY...
THE VOTING POST
ALSO IMPORTANT: You can change your vote here.
The poll currents are thisaway.
VOTING CLOSES AT 9:00 P.M. PDT THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008Evidently,
legomymalfoy's in the lead... but personally, considering some of the issues that have been brought up regarding her candidacy (
here and
here, also
this), as well as some
arguments in favor of
rm: EDITING, because apparently this is barely even about platforms anymore, ty mudslingers and death threats and leaked poll results. Honestly,
vichan has been the most communicative during all of this, out of the aforementioned three. I'm changing my vote. Also, THIS SHIT IS BANANAS. ☆
BBL READING MOAR ELECTION SHIT. LJ IS SRS BSNS LOLOLOL.
EDIT [12:15 PM]: According to
cambler,
LJ informed candidates of a death threat against one of them; aforementioned candidate has withdrawn from the election and is calling shenanigans and moar details LJ plz. Isn't this--better communication between LJteam and userbase--why we're supposed to be having these elections
in the first place?! O LJ, WAY TO FAIL.
As of this point, investigating further. Wish me luck. /plunges into the main election post oh god
EDIT [5:46 PM]: Statement made by
legomymalfoy that she was the one who received the death threat.
Sympathies. Nevertheless, my votes are going to stand, and she isn't one of them, for various other reasons.
EDIT [5:56 PM]: In the end,
cambler has got the right idea. The only part I'm snagging on is
no new election until a fair election can be done, as phrased by a commenter. We'll be waiting a LONG-FUCK TIME for that.
Re: Election, then. I call bullshit.