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They switched to dogfooding their own product in 2008, and you'll note that accounts created after that are not affected.

What the hell is "dogfooding"?

Using your own product internally. From "eating your own dogfood."

I didn't know that had a name. Thanks.

It's an adage that's been verbed into a gerund because the verb it would have been based on didn't exist.