<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
(	O
often	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
"	O
OD	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
diary	O
community	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
social	O
networking	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
went	O
offline	O
on	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
re-launched	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Bruce	O
Ableson	O
and	O
Susan	O
Ableson	O
,	O
known	O
on	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
website	O
by	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
their	O
diaries	O
,	O
The	O
DiaryMaster	O
and	O
The	O
DiaryMistress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ableson	O
has	O
described	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
as	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
web	O
site	O
that	O
brought	O
online	O
diary	O
writers	O
together	O
into	O
a	O
community.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
has	O
hosted	O
more	O
than	O
five	O
million	O
diaries	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
founded	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
home	O
to	O
over	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
diaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
over	O
561,000	O
diaries	O
on	O
OpenDiary.com,	O
including	O
diaries	O
from	O
77	O
different	O
countries	O
and	O
all	O
7	O
continents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
went	O
online	O
on	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
featured	O
as	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Ableson	O
created	O
two	O
related	O
websites	O
:	O
Teen	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
(	O
in	O
January	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Quit	O
Smoking	O
Diary	O
(	O
in	O
April	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2000	O
feature	O
article	O
in	O
USA	O
Today	O
described	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
as	O
"	O
the	O
Internet	O
home	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
130,000	O
personal	O
online	O
journals	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
than	O
25,000	O
diaries	O
hosted	O
on	O
Teen	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
more	O
than	O
1,700	O
hosted	O
on	O
Quit	O
Smoking	O
Diary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
diarists	O
posted	O
entries	O
while	O
on	O
assignment	O
at	O
McMurdo	O
Station	O
,	O
Antarctica	O
during	O
2001	O
–	O
possibly	O
making	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
the	O
first	O
online	O
community	O
to	O
have	O
people	O
writing	O
from	O
all	O
seven	O
continents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
introduced	O
the	O
premium	O
service	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
Plus	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
a	O
paid	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
freedom	O
from	O
advertisements	O
,	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
Plus	O
offered	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
block	O
specific	O
users	O
from	O
reading	O
the	O
diary	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
organize	O
the	O
diary	O
into	O
chapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
sites	O
were	O
later	O
recombined	O
,	O
with	O
free	O
and	O
paid	O
memberships	O
both	O
remaining	O
available	O
at	O
OpenDiary.com	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
,	O
adding	O
the	O
"	O
Favorites	O
Only	O
"	O
(	O
later	O
Friends	O
Only	O
)	O
option	O
for	O
diary	O
access	O
,	O
private	O
notes	O
,	O
member	O
interests	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Lifetime	O
Membership	O
level	O
of	O
paid	O
subscription	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
February	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
granting	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
Plus	O
privileges	O
for	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
for	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
$100	O
USD	O
(	O
raised	O
to	O
$150	O
in	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teen	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
and	O
Quit	O
Smoking	O
Diary	O
were	O
discontinued	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
members	O
were	O
given	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
transferring	O
their	O
diary	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
OD	O
Boards	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
community	O
forums	O
that	O
were	O
moderated	O
by	O
volunteer	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
6.0	O
,	O
a	O
broad	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
was	O
shutting	O
down	O
within	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
Outage	O
Board	O
(	O
ODOB	O
)	O
posted	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
went	O
into	O
testing	O
mode	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
FAQ	O
page	O
,	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
promises	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
subscription-only	O
mode	O
this	O
year	O
(	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
ODOB	O
,	O
on	O
New	O
Year	O
's	O
Eve	O
(	O
in	O
another	O
post	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
re-launched	O
publicly	O
on	O
January	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
offering	O
a	O
reclaim	O
mechanism	O
for	O
ex-members	O
to	O
regain	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
diaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
now	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
subscription	O
website	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
thirty	O
days	O
free	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
$3.99	O
(	O
USD	O
)	O
per	O
month	O
subscription	O
after	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
diaries	O
that	O
are	O
public	O
,	O
private	O
,	O
or	O
friends-only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
left	O
on	O
diaries	O
were	O
either	O
set	O
to	O
public	O
or	O
private	O
(	O
only	O
visible	O
to	O
the	O
entry	O
author	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
diaries	O
were	O
set	O
to	O
accept	O
anonymous	O
notes	O
from	O
people	O
outside	O
of	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
from	O
members	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
circles	O
were	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
Boards	O
,	O
a	O
message	O
board	O
component	O
that	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entries	O
recommended	O
by	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
users	O
were	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
Reader	O
's	O
Choice	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
also	O
provided	O
a	O
free	O
email	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
website	O
was	O
the	O
victim	O
of	O
two	O
major	O
hacking	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
11	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
database	O
server	O
was	O
hacked	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
eleven	O
weeks	O
worth	O
of	O
diary	O
entries	O
for	O
all	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Ableson	O
introduced	O
$100	O
Lifetime	O
subscriptions	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
this	O
new	O
membership	O
level	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
raise	O
money	O
after	O
declining	O
subscription	O
rates	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
following	O
the	O
2004	O
hacker	O
attack	O
caused	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
to	O
go	O
into	O
debt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Open	B-Protocol
Diary	I-Protocol
was	O
again	O
hacked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
went	O
back	O
online	O
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
post	O
from	O
Ableson	O
stating	O
that	O
over	O
2,000	O
users	O
 '	O
email	O
addresses	O
and	O
passwords	O
had	O
been	O
compromised	O
by	O
a	O
script	B-Language
exploiting	O
a	O
weakness	O
in	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
