The following features, available on LiveJournal, are not available on Dreamwidth: S1 style system to-do lists TxtLJ pingbacks nudge Last.fm music detection singles commenting using Facebook and Twitter accounts Despite the lack of these features, Dreamwidth is acclaimed for its strong community and transparency. Development Dreamwidth is based upon the free and open-source server software that was designed to run LiveJournal. It is written primarily in Perl. The majority of the Dreamwidth code is available under the GPL for other sites to use. Unlike many other social networking sites using the LiveJournal codebase, such as InsaneJournal and DeadJournal, Dreamwidth is a code fork, removing unwanted features (such as advertising) and adding new ones as described above. Founders of the site rejected the advertising model as intrusive. Instead, they implemented a payment system, where users can purchase add-on or premium features. A 2009 OSCON presentation saw Dreamwidth identified as highly unusual among open-source projects, for the number of women on its development team. About 75% of its developers are female, compared with around 1.5% in the field as a whole. Paolucci and Smith also spoke at linux.conf.au 2010 about Dreamwidth's development model and have been invited to speak at Web 2.0 Expo and OSCON about their techniques. Dreamwidth was accepted as a GSoC mentoring organization for the summer of 2010. They were allotted seven students, who worked on a variety of projects. Staff Athena, also known as Afuna or fu, was introduced as the site's first paid employee on 7 April 2010. On 7 September 2010, Mark Smith announced that he had stepped back from Dreamwidth's front line and moved to work for StumbleUpon. He is still an owner of Dreamwidth along with Denise, however. Influence Following the positive reactions to Dreamwidth's diversity statement and model of inclusiveness, various other projects have followed suit, including Python's diversity list and Dreamfish. See also List of social networking websites References External links A Guide to Dreamwidth for LiveJournal users Dreamwidth Notes: dwscoalition wiki Blog hosting services Blog software Community websites Free web software Internet services supporting OpenID American social networking websites Software forks Companies based in Baltimore