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Squeaky (squeaky) wrote,
@ 2008-05-06 08:30:00

LJ Advisory Board
I have decided to nominate myself for the LJ Advisory board. As we do run the GPL version of the LJ Source code here, I feel that it would be in InsaneJournal's and every other "LJ Clone" out there's best interest to have our voice on the panel.

If you agree with me and want to get my name on the ballot. Go here and support me if you feel that I deserve to be on the ballot for this board.

If I actually do manage to get nominated I will post something to

announcements

Edit:
It appears that I already have the 100 comments necessary for nomination, but please keep commenting your support (only once per user please). That way at the very least LJ will see that it's users also want support for sites outside of LJ that use it's codebase. And that the FOSS (Free Open Source Software) movement is still alive and well!

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	angelsndevils 2008-05-06 11:46 am UTC (link)
	I supported you, Squeaky but I still think LJ sucks and refuse to use it anymore. I signed on just for you! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	squeaky 2008-05-06 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	I am only doing it to help the other LJ clone sites, I really feel we deserve and need a voice on this board. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tygie 2008-05-06 12:12 pm UTC (link)
	You do such a great job here, I gladly added my support for your nomination. Good luck to you. (Reply to this)

	xie_xie_xie 2008-05-06 12:22 pm UTC (link)
	I hate LJ but I added my support to your nomination. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	angelsndevils 2008-05-06 12:56 pm UTC (link)
	Your icon is the best <3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	whatthefuckbenj 2008-05-06 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	I think you'd do a great job but I hope you won't be wasting your time and energy there! (Reply to this)

	sakura 2008-05-06 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Today was the first time I updated my LJ in months... just to spread the word. Good luck, I support you all the way. (Reply to this)

	wolfsilveroak 2008-05-06 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	Voted! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wolfsilveroak 2008-05-06 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	By the way, still getting random 'database unavailable' errors when leaving comments.}:( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	heavens_feel 2008-05-06 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	I voted for you. (Reply to this)

	mimesis 2008-05-06 01:35 pm UTC (link)
	i don't know much about how running source code works, so i'm confused as to why what they do has any impact on this site. do changes in LJ code actually affect insane journal? i thought code was just language, and that all the business infrastructure is separate for each blog site. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	squeaky 2008-05-06 01:51 pm UTC (link)
	The the code, is actually the backend of what makes the site run. And as LJ clones, we have lost our voice into how it is developed. It used to be a very open thing and Brad would let us commit our own code into the source to be used on LJ and all other sites, but we cannot do that any longer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mimesis
2008-05-06 03:57 pm UTC (link)

i guess i'm still confused as to how this works. IJ can still write (and share, if you want) your own new code, as well as use the code you cloned from LJ when it was still open, right?

changes that LJ makes to its (now closed) code are not automatically and unilaterally incorporated into insane journal as far as i can tell (ie, infrastructure is completely separate).

is this correct at all?

thanks for the explanation!

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	squeaky 2008-05-06 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	That is correct, but, they still have an open source version of the software that is updated. We just currently aren't updating from it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	randombastary 2008-05-06 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	Done and done. (Reply to this)

	reijamira 2008-05-06 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	I voted for you, too! Go squeaky. You are awesome! (Reply to this)

	A Vote for Squeaky is a Vote for Openness! slyfoot 2008-05-06 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	You have my support, squeaky! You have an excellent rationale for belonging to the Advisory board. I can only hope that the LJ administrators learn to be as open with their userbase as you are with IJ users. If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to be added to premium_users since I am, in fact, a Permanent member on IJ. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: A Vote for Squeaky is a Vote for Openness! squeaky 2008-05-06 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	Please open a support request under the accounts catagory and I will (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: A Vote for Squeaky is a Vote for Openness! slyfoot 2008-05-06 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Done. Here's the support request link: http://www.insanejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=2259 Thank you for directing me to the proper channel! I wish you all the best in your endeavors to make InsaneJournal (and LiveJournal) better services. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkladyvamp 2008-05-06 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	I supported you! I hope you get it! They need some intelligence over there. (Reply to this)

	slyfoot 2008-05-06 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	I thought it would be cool to use the symbol for Open Source to represent you, Squeaky. There's also the dual meaning of "openness" with the userbase that I'm hoping to convey here. But I'm sure there's plenty of creative folks here that can come up good alternatives. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	squeaky 2008-05-06 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	That's awesome .. think you can scale it down to work as a userpic as well? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	slyfoot 2008-05-06 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	And I think we have a winner! This icon was created by davensjournal. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	slyfoot 2008-05-07 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	PS: I noticed you were using the poster in your nomination entry, which is cool, but if you want to just stick with the OSS + Tweak icon/image that's fine too. Either way, good luck! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ptyx 2008-05-06 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	You have my support! (Reply to this)

	snakeysnape 2008-05-06 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	You have my vote! (Reply to this)

	singlewoman 2008-05-06 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Squeaky, you do such a wonderful job that I will support your nomination at LJ. I do hope you won't be wasting your time. (Reply to this)

	insanitys_place 2008-05-06 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	I voted for you. I think it would benefit to LJ clone sites. (Reply to this)

	madlodger 2008-05-07 03:10 am UTC (link)
	I nominated you. The count is up to 309 nominations now :) (Reply to this)

	robinindahood 2008-05-08 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	You've got my vote. As a perma-account holder at LJ I really hope you get onboard with them. I'd love to see the see the same service we get here at IJ. (Reply to this)

	slyfoot 2008-05-09 11:30 am UTC (link)
	Squeaky: Other candidates on LJ are setting up "campaign headquarter" communities on LJ. Have you set one up yet? If not, aristoboule is interested in setting one up for you if you're okay with that. We think there needs to be some sort of organized effort on LJ to get the message out that you represent the choice of substance over style. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	squeaky 2008-05-09 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	That would be great. With running the site, I probably need some help from a "campaign manager" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	slyfoot 2008-05-09 12:24 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, no problem. We know you're a busy guy! (Reply to this) (Parent)

aristoboule
2008-05-09 07:09 pm UTC (link)

I'm definitely game to help volunteer, but as I explained to

slyfoot, I was diagnosed with early onset Lyme disease yesterday and the antibiotics are killing me, and I'll be offline for most of the actual voting.

I really, really want you to win (PS, Istanbul is awesome!) and I want to make sure that there a number of other people who can actively campaign for you... do you have any thoughts about who you might like us to ask?

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squeaky
2008-05-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)

Thats understandable. I really just need people to do some of the leg work for me. If you're not up for it, I don't fault you at all. I don't know much about lyme desease except that it is horrible, so please please don't feel obligated or stresse

xie_xie_xie might be willing toand has a very loud voice with fandom. Also

not_yet_defined has helped out a ton in the past. I will post about it in my personal journal and I am sure you will get plenty of people volunteering to help .. springdew over on LJ might be willing to raise her voice as well. She's good at that kind of stuff.

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	aristoboule 2008-05-09 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Very sorry about all of this -- I'm hoping LOTS of people will get involved since it means more advertising and spreading the word! Awesome! I sent her an e-mail! Also, I was looking at the comments on the nomination posts, and I think you just might have the most support comments of anyone there. W00t! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	squeaky 2008-05-09 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	jameth has more, but I am 2nd and I haven't even tried that hard yet :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aristoboule 2008-05-09 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	I keep wondering who he is -- I was mostly at LJ for the RP ;D. (Reply to this) (Parent)

henryroth
2008-05-11 10:43 am UTC (link)

Hi, Squeaky, I just had a question.

A friend of mine just let me know that when she tries to get to the site, she gets a popup ad and sees banner ads both on the side and on the top of the page. The popup is apparently a new development since last night and is from tribalfusion. I don't see popup ads nor banner ads, regardless of whether or not I'm logged into the site and I have a free account. Do you know if this is an IJ thing or an individual computer thing?

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	scholarist 2008-05-14 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Squeaky--I snagged your Vote Squeaky user pic and set it as my default over at LiveJournal until the election is over, and I'm making an extra-special effort to comment and post in communities...It can't hurt, right? (Reply to this)