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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The original implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the Laconica software, which changed its name to <a href="/facts/StatusNet/HVBzuYnz">StatusNet</a> in August 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Identi.ca/5rQe0QAz">Identi.ca</a> is the first service to support OpenMicroBlogging,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and other sizeable services including <a href="/facts/Leo_Laporte/wEXRQnIY">Leo Laporte</a>'s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080826063959/http://army.twit.tv/">Twit Army</a> were amongst those powered by the <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source software</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Since March 2009, one can search users' accounts in Twit Army from within Identi.ca. You could also subscribe to accounts at Twit Army from your Identi.ca account. </p><p>A third-party implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070529/http://openmicroblogger.org/">OpenMicroBlogger</a> software. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ActivityPub/EAPMvEAF">ActivityPub</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_microblogging_services/DnjwyRc4">Comparison of microblogging services</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Distributed_social_network/pR1JEXp9">Decentralized social network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/OStatus/NrXeWTIK">OStatus</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p>Implementations: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070529/http://openmicroblogger.org/">OpenMicroBlogger</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/StatusNet/HVBzuYnz">StatusNet</a> (formerly)</li></ul> <p>Services </p> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130405041346/http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusnet_Instances">List of Independent StatusNet Instances</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081218064213/http://github.com/voitto/openmicroblogger/wikis/servers">List of OpenMicroBlogger installations</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Stay, Jesse (2008-8-12) Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities. Retrieved 2009-1-4. <a href="http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/08/identica-and-power-of-microbranded.html" target="_blank">http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/08/identica-and-power-of-microbranded.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Prodromou, Evan. "Understanding OStatus". Status.Net. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720190236/http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110720190236/http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>OStatus[usurped] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100526080649/http://ostatus.org/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100526080649/http://ostatus.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Laconica is now StatusNet Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://status.net/2009/08/28/laconica-is-now-statusnet/" target="_blank">http://status.net/2009/08/28/laconica-is-now-statusnet/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Mayfield, Ross (2008-7-2) Identica launches, an open source Twitter. Retrieved 2009-1-5. <a href="http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/identica-launch.html" target="_blank">http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/identica-launch.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Malcolm Bastien, There's Twitter the company, and twitter the medium. Retrieved 2009-3-24. <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/03/theres-twitter.html" target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/03/theres-twitter.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>