<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
online	O
journal	O
service	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
code	B-Application
fork	I-Application
of	O
the	O
original	O
service	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
ex-LiveJournal	O
staff	O
Denise	O
Paolucci	O
and	O
Mark	O
Smith	O
,	O
born	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
desire	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
community	O
based	O
on	O
open	O
access	O
,	O
transparency	O
,	O
freedom	O
and	O
respect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
was	O
announced	O
on	O
11	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
went	O
into	O
open	O
beta	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
quietly	O
got	O
taken	O
out	O
of	O
beta	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
,	O
features	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
:	O
users	O
have	O
journals	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
may	O
post	O
entries	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
webpage	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
which	O
other	O
users	O
may	O
comment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
also	O
provides	O
shared	O
or	O
group	O
journals	O
called	O
"	O
communities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Areas	O
in	O
which	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
differs	O
significantly	O
from	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
include	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
accounts	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
created	O
with	O
an	O
invite	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-Application
accounts	O
have	O
limited	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
criticisms	O
of	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
's	O
friending	O
system	O
,	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
has	O
split	O
user	O
relationships	O
into	O
two	O
parts	O
:	O
subscriptions	O
and	O
access	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
's	O
terminology	O
reflects	O
this	O
split	O
:	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
friends	O
page	O
"	O
has	O
been	O
renamed	O
as	O
"	O
reading	O
page	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
custom	O
friends	O
groups	O
"	O
has	O
been	O
split	O
into	O
"	O
access	O
filters	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
reading	O
filters	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
provides	O
greater	O
interoperability	O
with	O
other	O
LiveJournal-based	O
sites	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
a	O
journal	O
from	O
another	O
site	O
,	O
crosspost	O
to	O
multiple	O
sites	O
,	O
and	O
greater	O
functionality	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
log	O
in	O
via	O
OpenID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
search	O
facilities	O
brought	O
over	O
from	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
paid	O
account	O
users	O
can	O
search	O
their	O
journal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveJournal	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
free	B-Application
of	O
advertisements	O
,	O
but	O
gradually	O
incorporated	O
them	O
,	O
until	O
by	O
2017	O
ads	O
were	O
shown	O
to	O
all	O
non-paid	O
readers	O
on	O
all	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
remains	O
free	B-Application
of	O
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
features	O
,	O
available	O
on	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
,	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
,	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
is	O
acclaimed	O
for	O
its	O
strong	O
community	O
and	O
transparency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
server	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
primarily	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
code	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
for	O
other	O
sites	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
other	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
using	O
the	O
LiveJournal	B-Application
codebase	B-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
InsaneJournal	O
and	O
DeadJournal	B-Application
,	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
code	B-Application
fork	I-Application
,	O
removing	O
unwanted	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
advertising	O
)	O
and	O
adding	O
new	O
ones	O
as	O
described	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2009	O
OSCON	O
presentation	O
saw	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
identified	O
as	O
highly	O
unusual	O
among	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
women	O
on	O
its	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paolucci	O
and	O
Smith	O
also	O
spoke	O
at	O
linux.conf.au	O
2010	O
about	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
's	O
development	O
model	O
and	O
have	O
been	O
invited	O
to	O
speak	O
at	O
Web	O
2.0	O
Expo	O
and	O
OSCON	O
about	O
their	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
was	O
accepted	O
as	O
a	O
GSoC	B-Application
mentoring	O
organization	O
for	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
Mark	O
Smith	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
stepped	O
back	O
from	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
's	O
front	O
line	O
and	O
moved	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
StumbleUpon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
still	O
an	O
owner	O
of	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
along	O
with	O
Denise	O
,	O
however	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
positive	O
reactions	O
to	O
Dreamwidth	B-Protocol
's	O
diversity	O
statement	O
and	O
model	O
of	O
inclusiveness	O
,	O
various	O
other	O
projects	O
have	O
followed	O
suit	O
,	O
including	O
Python	B-Language
's	O
diversity	O
list	O
and	O
Dreamfish	O
.	O
</s>
