LJ Advisory Board; good news about past Soviet LJ mis-step

Hi everyone. I just wanted to take a minute to encourage you to join a new community called ljunited , a community dedicated to working towards defending and restoring the original promises made to LiveJournal's members, standing up for the free speech of LiveJournal's members, restoring LJ's original strong support for Open Source software, and restoring community participation in the successful operations of LiveJournal.

Although ljunited is a brand new community, it has grown rapidly and is building a strong, inclusive, diverse coalition, united in standing up for us.

LJUnited overwhelmingly endorsed rm recently as their candidate for the upcoming LJ Advisory Board elections. I hope you'll consider supporting her nomination. Thanks!

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And also...

Today and throughout the month you can buy an Emerging Sun v-gift for charity. All money raised from purchase of the v-gift will go to the Depression and Bipolar Alliance, which works around the world to provide support services to people and their loved ones living with these illnesses. - rm

(Stay tuned for similar fund-raisers in the future.)

While this is not an apology for LJ removing 'depression' et al from the top 100 interests lists, it's certainly a positive step. I encourage y'all to consider indulging.