Bruce Ableson (born September 16, 1963 in New York) is an American

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and website developer. He is best known as the inventor of Open Diary, the first online

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ging community. Ableson was raised in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and graduated from Birmingham Groves High School. During high school, he worked as editor of the Groves Scriptor, became an Eagle Scout, and appeared in several short Super 8 films produced by schoolmate Ted Raimi. After graduating from

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with a degree in Telecommunications, Ableson worked for several years as a systems consultant and programmer. During this time, Ableson developed Open Diary, which launched on October 20, 1998. Ableson built the first system for blog comments, and innovated the use of friend's list privacy settings and activity feeds on the site. These features have led some to credit Ableson's site and inventions to be the beginnings of

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and

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* ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/19/teen-diaries-online/8d49385b-8352-4869-9d3b-655c41b8faaf/?noredirect=on Washington Post: Teen Diaries, Online {{DEFAULTSORT:Ableson, Bruce 1963 births Living people American computer programmers Michigan State University alumni Birmingham Groves High School alumni