on April 27, 2006. Entries recommended by Open Diary users were listed on the Reader's Choice page. Users created a "favorites" list bookmarking other diaries of interest. They added a list of "interests" to their profile, and search for diarists who have expressed interest in a particular topic. Open Diary also provided a free email service, which was not limited to Open Diary members. Security The Open Diary website was the victim of two major hacking attacks. On September 11, 2004, the Open Diary database server was hacked, resulting in the loss of eleven weeks worth of diary entries for all members. Bruce Ableson offered a cash bounty for information leading to the arrest of the hacker, and the FBI was involved in the investigation. On February 2, 2006, Ableson introduced $100 Lifetime subscriptions, stating that this new membership level was created to raise money after declining subscription rates in the period following the 2004 hacker attack caused Open Diary to go into debt. Lifetime members were told they would be given extra features, communication, and consideration beyond the OD Plus level. However, as of Spring 2012, these subscriptions are no longer available due to lack of responsiveness from site administrators. On August 28, 2008, Open Diary was again hacked. Ableson took the site offline, with a message on the front page stating that there had been a security breach and the email addresses and passwords of some users had been compromised, but that no diary content had been lost. The site went back online on August 29, with a post from Ableson stating that over 2,000 users' email addresses and passwords had been compromised by a script exploiting a weakness in the site's security. Affected users were assigned temporary passwords and notified by email. References External links Net Success Interviews – OpenDiary.com Blog hosting services American social networking websites