School Computers - blockage

[kiroro]

I'm glad that they haven't blocked Mido~ ^^
That's because I'm the only that goes on it and it isn't so popular. :3

Ah! They blocked Gaia because the students were on it all the time, that's the only real reason why, of course~ :3

I also have a few other sites I visit all the time that aren't blocked~<3

[Weaseldale]

My school blocks Mido. And everything else. It basically has the policy of 'If they can have fun on it, BLOCK IT!' And I wish I was kidding. D:

[The Emo Duck]

It might be blocked at my school, because they block keywords in like the coding of certain sites or whatever and I'm pretty sure "avatar" and "forum" are blocked...

[MyBuzz]

My school block anything and everything. They block things that fall under these categories:

Pornography (Even if all the site contains is just a picture of someone in a bikini)
Forums (Even if it only had like, 200 users.. They'll block it.)
Gaming websites (Even if it only has 1 game or even if the game is very trivial and no one will want to play it)
Proxies (Well duh)
File Sharing (Youtube, Rapidshare, Metacafe, the works)
Even just simple chatting sites (Meebo, Gaiaonline, Facebook)

They also block downloads. Can't download text documents from online etc.

Only go online to get some images on google (if they haven't been blocked) or to go on wikipedia. That's it.

[kiroro]

Buzz, that sounds pretty mornal . XD

Mornal? I meant "normal" x.x;

[Miyani-chan]

I don't think my school has blocked any websites yet.
I haven't run into any problems with my school's blockage system. o . o

BUT, I am thankful. I can go on Midorea freely once I'm done all my work.
8DDD

[kiroro]

Exactly!
I'm glad not ALL my sites have been blocked~<3
They only block 'em if they become popular or when they learn about them. xD;

[joojoobiie]

THANK HEAVEN they allow midow now. They also allow ernya
-dances-
but gaia isn't allowed though >->;; It's labeled as a game site

[Tsemara]

I go to college, when the classes suit me. I'm a lazy bum like that. But a lot of sites are blocked. Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, Gaia, etc. And the reasoning for this is solely because there are a small ammount of computers on the campus that are available for students. And it's hard to maintain a time limit. So they block the sites that students can end up wasting a lot of time on. True, there is some conted on a couple of the afformentions sites that isn't exactly company friendly. But it's mainly a time issue.

I haven't tried using one of their computers since I got my laptop. So I don't know if Midorea has been blocked.

[Chu]

Midorea was blocked at my school. I don't know whether it was because someone from my school actually gets on here or they found it on a database or something; probably the latter.

[sonaxakai]

They blocked Youtube at school but some teachers use it(like my math teacher and a foreign language teacher)but that's all I know

[Chu]

Oh yeah... Now that I think about it, most of my teachers use it. Probably different settings for them or something. *shrugs*

[Keylaleigh]

When I was a wee high-schooler they blocked Gaia because it was a large, well-known site. Therefore, I hunted out lesser-known websites like Eternal Nox and Zantarni. These forums became the majority of my browsing experience in school, and I only let two or three other know about it, because if a fun website becomes too popular, it'll be blocked almost instantly. So we kept our forumgoing small and infrequent.

[Helen]

Aww, that's horrible. D:

I know Gaia and a few other big sites are blocked at my school, and only teachers can access YouTube (which my calculus teacher frequently uses to show us random videos during class, ufufufu) but I don't think most of the smaller avi sites are blocked though.

Though one time I was doing research on Aesop, and one of my sources got blocked for "Muslim beliefs". No joke.

[CEBULA]

I'm in college now with my handy laptop. In the dorms there is no blocked content, but in the school itself I think has some blocked websites. I never really investigated but a chum of mine was trying to access 4chan. That's the only evidence of blocked content here in college.