Change in Commenting PolicyMay 30th, 2006 I made a small change in commenting policy. I am experimentally blocking comments from "open and insecure proxies".
Waiting For 20, 000th Spam in 7 DaysJune 3rd, 2006 I have been getting a deluge of spams in the last 7 days or so, 19434 spams so far in Akismet queue of this blog alone. However something very interesting happened.
How To Create AJAX Commenting System for Static HTML PagesMay 15th, 2006 I wanted to create ajax based commenting system for some html pages. The design goals were:
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Sexually Assaulted Teen Sues MySpace for 30 MillionJune 20th, 2006 A 14-year-old Travis County girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace.com sued the MySpace for $30 million, claiming that it fails to protect minors from adult sexual predators. The lawsuit claims that the Web site does not require users to verify their age and calls the security measures aimed at preventing strangers from contacting users younger than 16 "utterly ineffective."
What do they expect MySpace to do? Ask every registrants to provide photocopy of age or driver's license?
At the core I think the primary responsibility of managing their children is on the parents.
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Experimental Comment Spam Prevention System for WordPress BlogsJanuary 17th, 2007 After being thoroughly fed-up with the state of WordPress comment spam protection, I have decided to solve the comment spam problem in WordPress blogs once and for all. I have installed an experimental commenting system which is designed to completely stop (read 100%) robotic spam (spam generated by bots and not humans) in all my blogs and with no (read 0%) false positives.
MySpace ejects 90,000 convicted sex offendersFebruary 3rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Social networking website MySpace.com has said that it had ejected more than 90,000 registered sex offenders following an agreement last year with state attorneys general to improve child safety. The figure, which MySpace provided to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, was more than double the number that MySpace had predicted that it would find when it launched the crackdown on online threats to minors.
Same name couple set to exchange wedding vowsJuly 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A couple who share their name are all set to share their lives too-they are tying the knot after first meeting on Facebook. The duo met the social networking site when they found that they had identical names.
WriteBoard from 37Signals - Brief ReviewDecember 19th, 2005 I just happened to chance upon much hyped WriteBoard from 37Signals. It is an online (ajax enabled; what isn't these days?) service to create and edit text documents with a wiki like syntax.
Hong Kong Plans To Use Children for Piracy ControlJuly 18th, 2006 Starting this Wednesday, the Hong Kong government plans to have 200,000 youths search Internet discussion sites for illegal copies of copyrighted songs and movies, and report them to the authorities. The campaign has delighted the entertainment industry, but prompted misgivings among some civil liberties advocates.
MySpace, Bebo, Friendster Faces US BanJuly 31st, 2006 Popular social networking sites like such as MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Friendster faces ban in US schools & libraries. The Deleting Online Predators Act tries to limit the access of paedophiles to the networking sites which have become hugely popular with minors.
Free Book on Complete Eye Care UpdatedMay 27th, 2006 The free book on complete eye care - Better Eyesight Through Natural, Herbal and Yogic Methods has been updated to provide commenting support. Now you can add comments and share your experiences in using the book on each page.
Problem Commenting?August 30th, 2007 We have deployed Comment Guard Pro across all our blogs. It has been extensively tested for this internal release and we don't expect any problems.
Comment SpamFebruary 6th, 2004 After some deliberation, and seeing others, I decided to leave the commenting section on my blog un-moderated. Today I was mildly surprised to find almost all my posts had a comment to it.
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October 8th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
+1
totally agree with you.
BR,
~A
October 13th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
There is an African proverb that goes something along the lines of “It takes a whole village to raise a child.”
This is -still- the “global village” … and we need to close ranks around our children and act against those who needlessly expose them to harm. Yeah … that definitely includes the ’social network’ sites.
When they have safely made it to adulthood, they are on their own, as we are. But until then, we are their shield.
Good post, Angsuman. I could hardly agree more.
November 10th, 2007 at 2:06 am
Nicely put BillinDetroit. I myself is an admin at a domain forum. A lot, like 70%, of our members are from 13 to 17. I have an adopted nephew whose already 14 so my “fatherly” nature extends to these members.
I don’t really encourage teens to join MySpace. I heard it’s not a nice place to be in.