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Open Diary

Open Diary (often abbreviated as "OD") is an online diary community, an early example of social networking software. It was founded on October 20, 1998. Open Diary went offline on February 7, 2014, but was re-launched on January 26, 2018. The site was owned and operated by Bruce Ableson and Susan Ableson, known on the Open Diary website by the title of…

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Owner
Blather, Inc.
Commercial
Yes
Created by
Bruce Ableson
Current status
Closing February 28, 2026; 5 months ago (2026-02-28)
Launched
October 20, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-10-20)
Type of site
Blog Social Network

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Features

Security

  • Hacking Hacker (computer security)
  • FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Script Scripting language

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Open Diary

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples39
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Open Diary

Top relations

related to history · 18
Open Diary → Ableson, April, Early, Favorites, In, Internet, January, October, Pick, Quit Smoking Diary, September, Shortly, Teen Open Diary, The, The Favorites, USA Today, Week, Yahoo
related to Security · 10
Open Diary → Ableson, Bruce Ableson, FBI, However, Lifetime, OD Plus, On February, On September, Spring, The Open Diary
related to Features · 4
Open Diary → Diary, Notes, Users, Within
Commercial · 1
Open Diary → Yes
Created by · 1
Open Diary → Bruce Ableson
Current status · 1
Open Diary → Closing February 28, 2026; 5 months ago (2026-02-28)
Launched · 1
Open Diary → October 20, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-10-20)
Owner · 1
Open Diary → Blather, Inc.
Type of site · 1
Open Diary → Blog Social Network
URL · 1
Open Diary → www.opendiary.com

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Important terminology

diary open site diaries entries users ableson online features added members february new october social favorites page went january 000

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Open DiaryCommercialYes1.00infobox
Open DiaryCreated byBruce Ableson1.00infobox
Open DiaryCurrent statusClosing February 28, 2026; 5 months ago (2026-02-28)1.00infobox
Open DiaryLaunchedOctober 20, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-10-20)1.00infobox
Open DiaryOwnerBlather, Inc.1.00infobox
Open DiaryType of siteBlog Social Network1.00infobox
Open DiaryURLwww.opendiary.com1.00infobox
Open Diaryrelated to FeaturesWithin0.60section
Open Diaryrelated to FeaturesUsers0.60section
Open Diaryrelated to FeaturesDiary0.60section
Open Diaryrelated to FeaturesNotes0.60section
Open Diaryrelated to historyOctober0.60section

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