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== July 2008 ==
 
== July 2008 ==
  
* 2008-07-02 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/233088.html Dreamwidth needs mood themes!]] -- a public call for people to design mood themes.
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* 2008-07-02 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/233088.html Dreamwidth needs mood themes!] -- a public call for people to design mood themes.
 
* 2008-07-30 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/243180.html I keep forgetting!] and [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/243536.html this] -- DW is open for volunteer development.
 
* 2008-07-30 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/243180.html I keep forgetting!] and [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/243536.html this] -- DW is open for volunteer development.
  
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* 2009-01-06 -- [http://community.livejournal.com/no_lj_ads/83519.html The Grim Purge] -- LJ lays off half of the San Francisco office employees, including the entire design team.  Dreamwidth kicks into high gear: see <ljlink href="http://xb95.livejournal.com/635394.html">Rest In Peace</ljlink> and <ljlink href="http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/302379.html">FYI</ljlink>.
 
* 2009-01-06 -- [http://community.livejournal.com/no_lj_ads/83519.html The Grim Purge] -- LJ lays off half of the San Francisco office employees, including the entire design team.  Dreamwidth kicks into high gear: see <ljlink href="http://xb95.livejournal.com/635394.html">Rest In Peace</ljlink> and <ljlink href="http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/302379.html">FYI</ljlink>.
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* 2009-02-14 -- [http://lists.dwscoalition.org/pipermail/dw-progress/2009-February/000011.html Closed beta launch].  Accounts are given to the beta testers and testing begins.
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= The Future =
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* Mid-April -- Open beta is expected to start sometime here.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:51, 1 March 2009

Expand: This should be a timeline of DW's conception. Should probably also include LJ actions as well that drove DW's formation.

A more complete history of LJ can be found on Wikipedia:Timeline of LiveJournal.

LJ History

1999

  • 1999-03 -- [info]brad starts LJ

2001

  • 2001-05 -- DeadJournal is started
  • 2001-11 -- InsaneJournal is started

2003

  • 2003-03 -- JournalFen is started
  • This is also the year that fandom_wank is TOSed from LiveJournal, TOSed from Blurty, and ends up at JournalFen.

2005

2006

  • 2006-04-18 -- Introducing a new account level -- The introduction of Sponsored+, later to become Plus.
  • May/June -- Breastfeeding strike
  • 2006-09-26 -- Sponsored Content -- Sponsored accounts and features come into being
  • 2006-10-18 -- LJ and SUP -- Six Apart turns over the Russian side of LJ to SUP

2007

Pre-Dreamwidth -- ie, Hypothetical Journal

March 2008

April 2008

  • 2008-04 -- Scribblit changes to Inksome

May 2008

  • 2008-05 -- Inksome opens to public paid accounts

Dreamwidth Development

June 2008

July 2008

January 2009

The Future

  • Mid-April -- Open beta is expected to start sometime here.