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dreamwidth_meta2009-05-07 01:49 pm
foxfirefey) wrote in dreamwidth_meta2009-05-07 01:49 pm
Open Beta hits!
Dreamwidth has been in open beta for about a week now! This post is for discussing any aspects of open beta you'd like to note: what was your experience?
Another active user graph has been made bysophie; there was quite the influx. Seed accounts sold very well. The first batch of 200 sold in under half an hour, despite glitches that prevented anybody who did not already have an DW or Paypal account from purchasing one. The second batch of 200 sold in under seven hours. Because of the glitches, there's a seed account extension sale next week in two batches of 100. There was a slight bit of downtime the first day, about five minutes, which was quickly solved. Otherwise, performance seemed fairly solid. Building up all those servers paid off.
Namesquatting led to community account creation throttling. After a config file missed restrictions on advanced customization, DW ended up giving free users limited access to custom styles.
Another active user graph has been made by
sophie; there was quite the influx. Seed accounts sold very well. The first batch of 200 sold in under half an hour, despite glitches that prevented anybody who did not already have an DW or Paypal account from purchasing one. The second batch of 200 sold in under seven hours. Because of the glitches, there's a seed account extension sale next week in two batches of 100. There was a slight bit of downtime the first day, about five minutes, which was quickly solved. Otherwise, performance seemed fairly solid. Building up all those servers paid off.Namesquatting led to community account creation throttling. After a config file missed restrictions on advanced customization, DW ended up giving free users limited access to custom styles.
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Some people are already making varieties of the current layouts at
Me, I'm curious about the seed account sale next week. Will it go slowly, because only a few more people are really willing to invest that much money in an unproven service? Or will it go fast, because there has been more buzz in the time since the last sale? I could see either case.
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I figured the seed accounts would sell out. It will be interesting to see if the extra batch does as well. Because I have no idea how many people were actually shut out by the paypal bug.