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* 1999-03 -- <ljuser>brad</ljuser> starts LJ
 
* 1999-03 -- <ljuser>brad</ljuser> starts LJ
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== 2001 ==
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* 2001-05 -- DeadJournal is started
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* 2001-11 -- InsaneJournal is started
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== 2003 ==
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* 2003-03 -- JournalFen is started
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* This is also the year that fandom_wank is TOSed from LiveJournal, TOSed from Blurty, and ends up at JournalFen.
  
 
== 2005 ==
 
== 2005 ==
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* 2007-07-15 -- <ljlink href="http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/145026.html">the internet is serious business</ljlink> -- <ljuser>synecdochic</ljuser> announces she is quitting employment at LJ and her last day is July 27th.
 
* 2007-07-15 -- <ljlink href="http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/145026.html">the internet is serious business</ljlink> -- <ljuser>synecdochic</ljuser> announces she is quitting employment at LJ and her last day is July 27th.
 
* 2007-08-02 -- Strikethrough, Phase II
 
* 2007-08-02 -- Strikethrough, Phase II
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* 2007-08 -- Scribbl
 
* 2007-12-12 -- [http://www.sixapart.com/blog/2007/12/six_apart_annou.html Six Apart Announces New Home for LiveJournal] -- Sale to SUP
 
* 2007-12-12 -- [http://www.sixapart.com/blog/2007/12/six_apart_annou.html Six Apart Announces New Home for LiveJournal] -- Sale to SUP
  
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* 2008-03, 15-17 -- Interest blocking from the Top 100 list discovered and then removed.
 
* 2008-03, 15-17 -- Interest blocking from the Top 100 list discovered and then removed.
 
* 2008-03-21 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/205203.html totally hypothetical no really i swear] -- Poll gauging people's interest in a hypothetical journalling service.
 
* 2008-03-21 -- [http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/205203.html totally hypothetical no really i swear] -- Poll gauging people's interest in a hypothetical journalling service.
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== April 2008 ==
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* 2008-04 -- Scribblit changes to Inksome
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== May 2008 ==
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* 2008-05 -- Inksome opens to public paid accounts
  
 
= Dreamwidth Development =
 
= Dreamwidth Development =

Revision as of 04:18, 19 January 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