Editing LiveJournal (section)

===Advisory board election===
As previously announced, SUP Media, the latest owners of LiveJournal, decided to create an advisory board to help it make decisions. The first members were distinguished people in the areas of law and technology, [[danah boyd]], [[Esther Dyson]], [[Lawrence Lessig]], and the original LiveJournal founder, Brad Fitzpatrick. SUP announced two other members would be appointed from the LiveJournal userbase, one Russian and one English speaking.<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080505005563/en/LiveJournal-User-Election-Opens-Advisory-Board-Bloggers| title=LiveJournal User Election Opens Up Advisory Board to Bloggers| publisher=[[Business Wire]]| access-date=2020-11-08| archive-date=2021-06-12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612134601/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080505005563/en/LiveJournal-User-Election-Opens-Advisory-Board-Bloggers| url-status=live}}</ref> The English speaking election was marred with accusations of [[ballot stuffing]], conflicts of interest, and multiple death threats. The developer who wrote the poll software running the election called the ballot stuffing plausible.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://valleywag.com/394077/social-networks-advisory+board-election-sparks-talk-of-death-threats | title= LiveJournal: Social network's advisory-board election sparks talk of death threats | publisher= valleywag.com | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601051658/http://valleywag.com/394077/social-networks-advisory+board-election-sparks-talk-of-death-threats |archive-date = 2008-06-01}}</ref>