Other then what Nate said, they crowd around a screen together, giggle, and have fun. It's a library none of those should be going on.
JaredB
· 4 years ago
Come one Dan, if you were their age you'd probably be doing the same thing if you found somewhere with free access.
If you wanted to really have fun you should redirect the myspace queries to your own pages, and from there there's all kinds of fun things you could do. Or sniff their traffic and then start publishing on their myspace accounts; that's the only way they'll really learn their lesson about using a network that's not under their control.
JaredB
· 3 years ago
Actually, it is his place to decide what goes on on the computers he takes care of. That includes the right to filter MySpace along with any other equally crappy web sites that he wants to (although it might be hard to find any in the same league as MySpace). :)
I'm not into censorship either, but MySpace can be annoying enough to make an exception. Most of the myspace pages I've seen should be blocked for bad design alone, not to mention lack of any interesting content.
But seriously, (in case you couldn't tell I was semi-joking here), no one is trying to make any decisions for you, or tell you you can't use any website that you please. He's just saying you can't go there on HIS computers. The public libraries in the area have free internet access if you really need to go explore the endless friend collections and such without your mommy looking over your shoulder, if that's what you're worried about.
Dan
· 3 years ago
I think Brookann is PR for myspace, scraping the internet for myspace hat and defending it. This post is way to old not to be and then there is here url.
I quite enjoyed Mr. Nutz site but I love myspace so much. I had to make my own just like it at ILoveMyselfSpace.com I Love myself, do you love you?
jeffreyson
· 3 years ago
I was sent here to free you people from the site that is myspace. myspace is what is wrong with the youth of today. god forbid you get off your lazy ass and met people. So please by all means why dont you be the first to "get a life" brookann and actually try to met someone in the outside world. ahhhh the sun is bad!!! arhhhhhhhhh
chris S.
· 3 years ago
it doesnt matter whether u block it or not because i can find millions of proxies that can go around your router i can get into myspace ANYTIME i want whether i'm at school or not and my friends make proxy sites so i'll never run out of them try and block them all i dare you
JaredB
· 3 years ago
It would be trivial to create a network which would not allow you to access MySpace, so don't get too cocky.
All you'd need to do is block all outgoing traffic from that network, and only allow connections to a proxy server on that network, which will only proxy standard http traffic (not https). By filtering that traffic and banning any myspace access within it, and blocking any encrypted traffic (or only allowing https connections to a white list of trusted hosts) you would not be able to get to it, because you could not connect to the proxies. To further lock it down, you could just implement a total white-list policy on the proxy server (the one that is the only means of connecting to anywhere outside the network), and then you would be really stuck.
This can be done by anyone with any old computer, two network cards and a copy of Linux. Sure, most people (schools, etc.) wouldn't go through the trouble and/or know how, but I've personally set up this kind of thing, and I'm positive that it would prevent you from getting to MySpace.
JasonB
· 3 years ago
So there!
Dan
· 3 years ago
Or you could do it the easy way like I do and block *myspace* (*=wildcards) from the routers domain block list and/or use a page filter and block any page that has myspace. So there!
Vanna
· 3 years ago
dude. I can not staaaand teens (especially chicks) who have myspace. From what Ive seen since i deleted my myspace is that Myspace is a place for girls to show how self centered they are(and how vain they are) and how pretty or "hXc" they can make their page look. Myspace started as a site for bands, but noooo teenagers had to flock to it and since so many underage kids have made myspaces, Tom has declared that 14 is the age that you can now have a myspace. This site is one big fat way of asking to be kidnapped or rapped or have people see how much you love yourself and have no life (since your page is so awesome looking you must have a LOT of free time)
already then..I voiced my opinion ona site i found in a google serch for "myspace hating sites" lmao
bye. -vannarose.
sarah
· 3 years ago
i personally like myspace, n thts how ive met a lot of m friends now and i think it brings people together. but it does cause a lot of drama..n thts why my ex bf hated it with a passion.
blank
· 3 years ago
how do u get around it...this is the only way i can talk to my boy that moved like a couple weeks ago...i need to talk to him....
p
· 3 years ago
yah i meen i like myspace but im not over obsesive but u have a point i meen all kids really do if myspace is able to be acsessed by their library is go in there and get on that and dont do their work but im lookin for a website like kproxy to get around the block cause my dad blocked it hes an ass but u have the right so keep using it
Christy
· 3 years ago
Yup it's a female, and you know what I like MySpace. I'd say that those who don't like, either haven't tried it or they tried it and nobody wanted to be their friend! Don't hate on others having fun! There's plenty of crap on the internet and most of it is a waist of time so let's all just move on and enjoy life!
JaredB
· 3 years ago
Aaaannnnd.... the anti-myspace side rests our case. :)
AirWreck
· 3 years ago
I say we assassinate Thomas Everett Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. :| I pretty sure you can find the right people to do it. Oh, say, THE MAFIA or CARTEL or some other illegal organization. :)
nstryker
· 3 years ago
that's be funny if you ran an organization actually called "cartel." like with business cards and stuff.
.....
· 3 years ago
Well just remember that God loves you and he is probably the only one that does...
nstryker
· 3 years ago
i love you, dan.
JaredB
· 3 years ago
He has lots of people that love him, just look at his MySpace friends list.
Anonymous
· 3 years ago
Really their is nothing wrong with myspace. I think plenty of people would rather have a bunch of kids on that site designing a page of theirs rather then walking down the street being in gangs, doing drugs, and just being bad.
your mom
· 3 years ago
you're retarded. let them do what they want. IT IS a PUBLIC library! so it IS for the public.
ignorant people like you make me angry.
Dan
· 3 years ago
you're not my mom.
JaredB
· 3 years ago
"Mom", maybe you should figure out what you're talking about before you spout off and call people ignorant. I'm pretty sure the library in question is not a public library. I'm totally opposed to ANY censorship on public library computers. That's not what we're talking about here.
myspace is awsome but our school keeps finding all the proxies and my dad won't let me on the comp at home so this is where i get on i say fuck all myspace haters too it's a way to keep in contact with ppl that you usually don't get to see and it's also a great way to meet new people with the same interst trisha
JaredB
· 2 years ago
Yet another benefit to blocking MySpace - it encourages young people to be more resourceful in finding ways to work around the restrictions.
Trisha, there are some things that your school could do to completely prevent you from using MySpace. However, it's unlikely they will go to those extremes, so it's probable that you can find a way to work around their restrictions. If so, more power to you.
I think that Dan's original point in this post was regarding blocking it on the network that he was in charge of, which wasn't intended to be used for that purpose, so I see no problem with him doing that. Same for a school network or your home network, there are people in charge of those who make the rules for how they're used.
Public libraries, however, are a different story, and I would always fight for public computer access to be completely unfiltered.
GLC
· 2 years ago
Viva La France
GLC
· 2 years ago
Why dont we all just have a nice quiet game of chess and a cup of tea. Why all this hostility on today, the day of my daughters wedding?
Nitey Nite
Teach
· 2 years ago
I don't think it's right or fair to block a site just because you don't like it or you don't approve of it. There is no reason for libraries to block access to myspace, libraries are public forums and the free internet access should not be restricted. If you are offering free internet at the library, then deal with it, seriously. You can't impress your social and/or moral hang-ups on other people.
I am a middle school teacher and I see no reason for myspace to be blocked. Yes, people do stupid things, but they're probably going to do them anyway. People make mistakes and shit happens, but people learn lessons from the mistakes that they make... as well as the ones their peers make. It is probably dangerous to reveal so much personal information in a public forum, but it happens. To block a site because you think it's annoying for kids to come in and giggle is ridiculous.
Libraries are much more than just sources of information... they can be social avenues, learning venues and sometimes people go to the library to just have fun... giggling isn't harming anyone. Children giggle, get over it.
Dan
· 2 years ago
AGAIN: THIS IS A PRIVATE LIBRARY IN A HOSPITAL.
JaredB
· 2 years ago
"Teach", did you read the other comments on this?
I think I mentioned a couple times that I'm against any blocking in public libraries, but that isn't the case in this particular situation.
Brookann
· 3 years ago
grow up and get a life! its not your place to make decisions for other kids! FUCK ALL U MYSPACE HATERS!!!
MYSPACE ROCKS!!!!
fuk u
· 3 years ago
FUCK YOU ALL
FUCK YOU!
MYSPACE IS MY LIFE
FUCK YOU DAN!SUCK SOME GINT COCK BITCH!
WENDY RAMIREZ
· 3 years ago
MYSPACE IS MY LIFE, I FUKEN LOVE MYSPACE, FUCK ALL OF U THAT THINK MYSPACE SUCKS, MYSPACE ROCKS!!!! Y3AH!!!!
All Comments
If you wanted to really have fun you should redirect the myspace queries to your own pages, and from there there's all kinds of fun things you could do. Or sniff their traffic and then start publishing on their myspace accounts; that's the only way they'll really learn their lesson about using a network that's not under their control.
I'm not into censorship either, but MySpace can be annoying enough to make an exception. Most of the myspace pages I've seen should be blocked for bad design alone, not to mention lack of any interesting content.
But seriously, (in case you couldn't tell I was semi-joking here), no one is trying to make any decisions for you, or tell you you can't use any website that you please. He's just saying you can't go there on HIS computers. The public libraries in the area have free internet access if you really need to go explore the endless friend collections and such without your mommy looking over your shoulder, if that's what you're worried about.
Just don't block my site: http://worstofmyspace.com
i can get into myspace ANYTIME i want whether i'm at school or not and my friends make proxy sites so i'll never run out of them
try and block them all i dare you
All you'd need to do is block all outgoing traffic from that network, and only allow connections to a proxy server on that network, which will only proxy standard http traffic (not https). By filtering that traffic and banning any myspace access within it, and blocking any encrypted traffic (or only allowing https connections to a white list of trusted hosts) you would not be able to get to it, because you could not connect to the proxies. To further lock it down, you could just implement a total white-list policy on the proxy server (the one that is the only means of connecting to anywhere outside the network), and then you would be really stuck.
This can be done by anyone with any old computer, two network cards and a copy of Linux. Sure, most people (schools, etc.) wouldn't go through the trouble and/or know how, but I've personally set up this kind of thing, and I'm positive that it would prevent you from getting to MySpace.
already then..I voiced my opinion ona site i found in a google serch for "myspace hating sites" lmao
bye.
-vannarose.
but u have a point i meen all kids really do if myspace is able to be acsessed by their library is go in there and get on that and dont do their work but im lookin for a website like kproxy to get around the block cause my dad blocked it hes an ass but u have the right so keep using it
let them do what they want.
IT IS a PUBLIC library!
so it IS for the public.
ignorant people like you make me angry.
trisha
Trisha, there are some things that your school could do to completely prevent you from using MySpace. However, it's unlikely they will go to those extremes, so it's probable that you can find a way to work around their restrictions. If so, more power to you.
I think that Dan's original point in this post was regarding blocking it on the network that he was in charge of, which wasn't intended to be used for that purpose, so I see no problem with him doing that. Same for a school network or your home network, there are people in charge of those who make the rules for how they're used.
Public libraries, however, are a different story, and I would always fight for public computer access to be completely unfiltered.
Nitey Nite
I am a middle school teacher and I see no reason for myspace to be blocked. Yes, people do stupid things, but they're probably going to do them anyway. People make mistakes and shit happens, but people learn lessons from the mistakes that they make... as well as the ones their peers make. It is probably dangerous to reveal so much personal information in a public forum, but it happens. To block a site because you think it's annoying for kids to come in and giggle is ridiculous.
Libraries are much more than just sources of information... they can be social avenues, learning venues and sometimes people go to the library to just have fun... giggling isn't harming anyone. Children giggle, get over it.
I think I mentioned a couple times that I'm against any blocking in public libraries, but that isn't the case in this particular situation.
MYSPACE ROCKS!!!!
FUCK YOU!
MYSPACE IS MY LIFE
FUCK YOU DAN!SUCK SOME GINT COCK BITCH!