Eliezer raised an important privacy issue in a comment on my previous entry. One which I'd never really thought of in too much depth but one that is entirely valid. Having looked into the issue of Plus account holders 'Friends Only' diaries suddenly becoming public when I run the expiry scripts for the first time…
Hello all, There's been some concern that the Facebook group 'Future of DearDiary Discussion' may mean that DearDiary is going away. That is not true – DearDiary.Net is not going away, but it will (at some point – I've been promising this for at least 5 years!) be changing in the future….
I have today decided that I’m happy for people to begin having a play on the site as it stands. Presently there’s an enormous amount of work to do, and there’s a lot of core DD functionality that needs to be replicated here. There’s an enormous amount of things that need to be tested too….
Hi everyone, I've created a new discussion group for the Future of DearDiary.Net on Facebook. Given that most people couldn't figure out Google Groups too easily, and just about everyone has a Facebook account, I figured I might as well utilise their technology instead 🙂 So please visit http://www.facebook.com/groups/ddfuture/ and we can begin discussing…
Hi guys, I just need to make a quick comment to all who are helping with the spam diary removal effort, after a small accident today. I know this didn't happen on purpose and is purely a slip but I'm keen to try to ensure we don't have any false positives so here's a…
Hi all, Firstly, I apologise if you've written to me requesting a new diary since I closed off the new user creation facility – I haven't created any new diaries as I've been overrun with school work and 3 babies under 2 years old 🙂 Feeble excuse but I'm sticking to it. The positive…
Hi all, Thanks for all your input on the previous diary entry. Many of you have indicated that you'd be more than willing to help moderate the spam diaries. Some of you have suggested making it only delete if multiple people mark it as spam so as to avoid possible mistakes. I think…
Hi all, The level of spam diaries has once again become ridiculous. This means that for now I have, once again, blocked the new user signup process. I have in mind a possible solution, but it will require co-operation from you guys. So I'm writing to see if you think it's a viable…
I've been meaning to write this for a week or so now – but time as usual has flown away from me. I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who's donated – after some drama with PayPal (who thought we should be set up as a not for profit because we had…