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All of reddit? There is also a lot of educational stuff on there. If the filter works by blocking entire domains then this is clearly unworkable when you consid

by jiggy2011 13y ago

All of reddit? There is also a lot of educational stuff on there. If the filter works by blocking entire domains then this is clearly unworkable when you consider how much of the internet's content is hosted on a small number of sites.

DanBC 13y ago
> There is also a lot of educational stuff on there. Not if you define "lot" by "proportion of the whole". The ratio of posts or megabytes of educational:not-educational is going to disappoint many people. Obviously the flaw there is suggesting that not-educational is worthy of blocking. The ratio of not-educational-but-not-offensive:porn/hate-speech/trolling/other-filter-fodder is much better. I guess.
- jiggy2011 13y ago
  The same is really true for just about any website with primarily user submitted content. Sites like reddit/youtube/blogger have very diverse content so you have to make a massive portion of the internet inaccessible to anybody who uses the connection. If you don't want the porn you can't have /r/askscience or /r/learnprogramming either. This will be further exacerbated if more sites start switching to full HTTPS.