Blocked Sites
Jan. 13th, 2006 12:20 pmI sometimes must use the Internet at the NYPL to get online. I have known for some time that I couldn't get to Tabaqui's Scarecrow Horses, Tania's Fanged Four sites, Stepaway from My Xander and AdultFanFiction. This recently came up in a lj coversation and I decided to see what other sites were blocked by the library's filters. Out of my list of favorite sites I discovered the following were blocked:
Shadow's Alcove
Secret Slasha
Titti's Realm
XanderXtreme
Mouseverse
Tales from the Attic
Whispered Words
UCSL: UnConventional relationShippers' List
The Wonderful World of Make Believe
Though Mouseverse and Tales from the Attic were blocked I could get into Laz's Excess site with "Repo" and "Manifestation". I could also get into sites like Love That Dares and The Island (m-mslashaholics) and many other slashy NC-17 sites so I don't know what sets the filters off. This summer I will probably visit my friend in Fargo again and I think I'll try my list of sites at her library. This filtering business is starting to intrigue me. Do any you have a library near you with internet access? If you ever have a bit of spare time (yes I know that is very rare) you might check out what sites are blocked at your library. Do all libraries have the same filter or does each library system set its own standards? Hopefully for me the filters won't improve much though I recall being able to get to Stepaway until recently.
Shadow's Alcove
Secret Slasha
Titti's Realm
XanderXtreme
Mouseverse
Tales from the Attic
Whispered Words
UCSL: UnConventional relationShippers' List
The Wonderful World of Make Believe
Though Mouseverse and Tales from the Attic were blocked I could get into Laz's Excess site with "Repo" and "Manifestation". I could also get into sites like Love That Dares and The Island (m-mslashaholics) and many other slashy NC-17 sites so I don't know what sets the filters off. This summer I will probably visit my friend in Fargo again and I think I'll try my list of sites at her library. This filtering business is starting to intrigue me. Do any you have a library near you with internet access? If you ever have a bit of spare time (yes I know that is very rare) you might check out what sites are blocked at your library. Do all libraries have the same filter or does each library system set its own standards? Hopefully for me the filters won't improve much though I recall being able to get to Stepaway until recently.