May 25, 2006
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Ratings
Xanga has announced a new ratings system. This is their explanation of the system:
“We want to help protect users from content they don’t want to see, so we’re experimenting with a Ratings System. Here’s how it’d work: you’d be able to self-rate your own content, and cross-rate each others’. Then everyone would have a Xanga SafeBrowse setting, that lets you determine the level of content you’re comfortable with. Have you used Google Image Search? Access to the highest rated content is filtered out (and we’d also be adding age restrictions and verification as well).
We’ve modeled our ratings on the Movie and Video Games systems. I’m listing our five ratings below, along with the corresponding MPAA ratings:”
MPAA
XANGA
Based on the above scale, what rating would you give your blog?
Comments (237)
PG-13
Triple X for philosophical pornography
Check this out: http://www.xanga.com/UnabashedLiberalCommentary/488688877/item.html?nextdate=last really good stuff there
B
I’d probably say A, very occasionally B.
Or C in xanga ratings.
Either B or C
B
C only when I am pissed and ranting lol but usualy a B
I think I am over rating myself.
Sorry… this is what happens when I try to Xanga from work… lol.
I would give my blog a “B” rating, because while I try to keep it “family friendly,” I do address issues which could be sensitive for very young children. The only way I would give *any* site an “A” rating for all, would be if it was about nothing but children’s programming or something like that. And if the comments were disabled.
I think these ratings need a lot of work and should have some very clear-cut definitions alongside them. I also think Xanga needs to grow up and start pointing the blame for innappropriate stuff where it belongs – on the parents who don’t supervise their kids.
A
IM IRRESPONSIBLE AND WANT LITTLE CHILDEREN TO READ MY SITE. ESSPECIALLY WHEN I GO OFF ON HATEFUL RANTS AND EXPLAIN IN DETAIL MY MASOCIST TENDANCIES AND DRUG ABUSE.
A.
No doubt…
Though, all ages may not understand what I’m writing about.. But it’s still not inappropriate for anyone to be reading.
C – PG13
PG-13 to R. Depends on the day.
C – D on the Xanga scale.
A
i would give mine a general rating…
b or c
A or B. I’m generally appropriate (my future in-laws read my site!)
Probably D or Ex.
a big fat G- I’m family friendly
A-All
a…i don’t write about anything that i wouldn’t want my upcoming child to read.
A or B, possibly-not very often- C.
Anywhere from B to D, depending on the day and subject matter. lol
What would be fun is to take the new rating system and for a week write in the style of each rating. A on Monday, B on Tuesday, etc. Friday should be…interesting.
~t~
Between A and C. C’s are rare, but do happen.
PG and B or PG-13 and C… not that I talk about raunchy stuff but I am an adult. Adults read my site. The content, just like a movie or TV show, may occasionally not be appropriate for children.
B
any where from D- EX. you never really reply to my comments here, mister, so you wouldn’t know what my xanga tends to be about, but sex is usually mentioned a few times an entry. not for virgin eyes, lemme tell ya.
depends on the day… but probably a B or C
B … for the same reasons as Building_A_Mystery
B and maybe sometimes C
A
G its crappy of what goes on around here , day to day. Nothing fancy Dan!
B
I never say anything too awful but I do rant sometimes and kids just dont need to hear me moaning about my husband or my selfish junk.
A, maybe B
A or B
A’s
I would want to say NC-17, just because I don’t want teenie boppers looking at my xanga anyways, but overall, I’d say PG-13.
D for discretion!
It just depends. Normally A, on occasion C or D
B mos’ def.
b or c….maybe occasionally d
PG or PG-13. I cuss in some of my posts. Dont want the childrens eyes to be hurt.
a or g depending on what one you’re going from
Jess~
C D and sometimes EX. I don’t care if my readership dies. I’m going to write whatever it is that’s on my mind. BELIEVE THAT!
My content would rate an “A” or “B” but you never know when a random comment might land on a post (just like pigeon excrement) that I wouldn’t want a child to read. Wouldn’t you agree Dano?
B
A
Kelly
A or B
B or C.. I try to keep it clean
B very occassional C
*A*
Mainly B, occasionally A or C
B?
C
Well, depends on what they mean by ‘appropriate’. I don’t intend little kids to understand what the heck I’m talking about right off (complex topics, logic banter, etc.), so I wouldn’t say it is ‘appropriate’ for little kids. But at the same time, I won’t be telling about sexual topics much or posting lewd pictures. Nor will I give detailed accounts for violent acts. I will write some romance.
Probably best fit as ‘B’.
B-C…. whatevs… no one sees it anyway… protected…
like an a or b. i try to keep my xanga very, very clean because all these people i know read it and i don’t want them to think badly of me. i think i would be more like a c if they didn’t read it.
Interesting. I think I would be a B. My site is fairly safe with an expletive every once in a while. B…definitely B.
MINE IS RATED AWESOME FOR CAT HATTERY!
NEW QUESTION!
A or B. Sometimes I say sh*t.
C or D
“Sh*t” – Frappafizz
How do you pronounce an asterik? I’ve heard of Shit but not Sh*t.
B
A
B or C, depends what I choose to write about, and the pictures contained therein!
A for the most part…but a little B.
B or C.
Do you work for Xanga?
Don’t tell me Danny ‘ol boy, you’re the new hall monitor for this virtual surrealistic gathering? I don’t think it matters what rating you put on your personal website (so long as the content is it consistently geared to wards one theme) it depends on the reader. The better resolution would be to move all explicitly sexual/violent content onto a site for those sole purposes.
In one way audiences vying for such drivel can go there & those who want to abstain from it know where not to go.
C for Cool Cat. They also need to add SF for snooze-fest. This site often qualifies for that one
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Usually a G/A, but today: a PG13/C.
(((((( GRANDMA HUGS ))))))
Lori
usually a B, but once in a while C, when i get pissy and start ranting. although most of my current rants go straight to protected or private, so maybe between A and B. =)
C mostly
D. The rule of thumb is to go with the worse.
C and a lil bit of D sometimes.
It depends on what I’m talking about, but mostly I say C just because I’m an adult and I blog like one. LOL
~Caroline~
Im a big G all the way….
am i the only person who writes about stuff kiddies shouldn’t read? hahaha. then, again, my site is protected, so no one would really know…
I would have rated mine a C – just to cover my bases…
Of course now it would be an A – because I only have the one post and that’s clean.
Wow, I guess I’m just an A…
At most a B. Mine is almost always clean.
[ariana]
Since I know my own kids read mine its an A. If I have content that is other than that I use protected. And what is your rating of this site, Dan?
a-c. depending on what type of post i do.
most of the time a.
but sometimes. i’m mad.
A-All
A…I w
onder if xanga came up with these ratings because they couldn’t keep up with the flags
Probably a B or C, mostly for the potty mouth I have sometimes.
I don’t write much that’s interesting to children anyhow.
A
A occasionally a B just b/c of some of the inside jokes
I would say B…maybe C sometimes, but only because of the issue, and even then, I don’t know.
if i am self-regulating, i would say A because i talk about things that i want everyone to think about, and i don’t believe in censorship at all. i don’t swear on my site, so if there are adult themes they are discussed in ways that are not vulgar (one hopes). plus, if it is true that children under 13 are rare on xanga, then there would be little to worry about since i discussed most of these topics with my nieces and nephews when they were less than 13.
if others rated my site, they would probably give it a C
caution
Mostly A — a B at most. But I could go D anytime. (No need to get excited…it would most likely be news-related.)
Can’t seen myself needing to go EX.
B or C
C or D!!!! I agree with others depends on the day and mood!!!!
hey can i rate my site something that i myself wouldnt be allowed on????
Mine’s b or c. Depends on the mood I’m in that day.
well today i’d probably be a d.
I would say b to c.
i change my mind a c i think cause you can say flying penis’s i think in normal speech without getting in trouble.
A with reality in the mix that may sometimes be a B due to intensity of the truth.
A and B. It would have to be that way cause I am only 13…heh heh.
C its definately a C. But I could be so sick and bitter when the time comes.
B… sometimes leaning a or c
C… maybe D. Then again, I haven’t posted pictures of nakedness for a while.
b, generally.
A-C, depending on the day…
Meh… I’m starting to get sick of all this crap they’re adding. It was good enough a year and a half ago when I joined…
Most of the time an A, but once in a while a B.
A
!~nicole~!
A, family-friendly, for sure. But then why would little kids be reading Xanga anyway? Don’t you have to be at least 13?
PG 13
B
A, B, and perhaps C on occation. D would be under ‘protected’ just for mature content… nothing nasty, just inappropriate for minors.
a
A or B. Though I do use British swear words on occasion…
b or c…ex on hump day posts…which I have not done in a couple weeks, really…
I am a B or a C even tho nothing I post is really THAT bad, but in all honesty I really don’t like kids coming ot my site…I once used the word whore in a blog (referring to another blog site)….and i had somehting like 15 teenage girls visit my site that day and leave weird little comments…
ryc: my dad straight up told me he thinks there’s no differnece between me and the girls who sleep around, and actually asked if it’s chris i’m having sex with or jsut some other random guy. that isn’t caring about me. thats being an ass.
bc for basic caution.
B.
heh, probably A.
fuck ratings. what next, little stickers of frowing fairies for all the queers and jesus gives the big thumbs up for all the x-tians?
A… B for some of my protected posts.
most likely a PG or PG13…
i thought that ppl under thirteen weren;t allowed to have a xanga anyway?
Mine’s so clean, if they made it into a movie they’d have to rate it Triple G for scenes with extreme lack of profanity!
Hahaha! I’m fucked.
I’d like to say D, but in the name of not risking it (since every so often I cross the line), I’m going with EX.
a or b…. i’m pretty clean
A or B
A or B
all ages are allowed on my blog as long as they know where the back button is
it’s called free speach.
Hmmm… Do swear words, and the occasional post about condoms and such set me back? We’ll say Cish.
Caution
I’m on the border of PG and PG-13. Mostly PG, though.
pg-13 / c
it’s usually quite pg, except I have a tendancy to curse with ease and sometimes reference adult topics.
A- Lets face it, I’m an intolerable nice guy, and I usually write things to uplift and educate.
D, although i have a EX or two in protected and a handful of A’s and B’s.
A but preferable B because you might not understand stuff
PG, occasionally PG-13 for my “angry blogs”
I don’t know– I mean, if I have slight innuendo on my site, if the kids can figure out what I’m talking about, they know enough and are probably old enough to handle the material.
Maybe to be safe I should say somewhere between a B and C.
lol a i dont get dirty in mine
A to C.
Did anyone look for an EX?
A
A
Based on how it’s been lately with movies.. you can get away with anything as long as there’s no nudity, and you get PG-13. I think I’d get about a “C” for my occasional bouts of profuse swearing and the fact that my interests begin with “SEX. Now that I have your attention…” and such. Not bad, but you don’t exactly want your 10-year old to read every entry of mine. Though my target audience is anywhere from your 14-25 range.
I’m a ‘B’ kind of guy.
L,r
B
I try to stay out of the C-and-up ratings, my parents don’t take swearing and all that very well…
a
a. i keep things G rated.
B. I don’t exactly cuss on my site, but sometimes I do touch on things I don’t exactly want little kids reading about.
Actually there aren’t a lot of sites I would give an A rating.
I think the ratings are stupid. Xanga is PG-13. If you’re not 13 yet go away. If you post pornography or nudie pictures, go away.
C
Often times I swear, make sexual references (not pictures) and talk about things that little kids would be like ‘oh, I should go try that’.
C it is.
B
Most of the time it’d be A, but occasionally it could be up to C.
D or EX because I have posts about incest and sex and all that, and I talk about religious topics which may be offensive. But it honestly depends on what I post that day.
If there are ratings, then hudity and other sexual conduct should be allowed on xanga as long as it is given the NC-17 or “EX” rating.
I’d run from A to C with a possibility of D. Never an EX
between B and C
C-PG
I mean B-PG
C because I tell it like it is, including curse words. Also, I can’t just skim over issues that other people might not like.
A
I’d say B or C, but most likely C just to cover my tracks….
Pesky
I can’t imagine what I’ve said that would go past A, actually…(maybe an occassional B)
Probably C.
A – All Ages, though some of my discussions might not be understood by all ages. And by the way, I am glad to see this.
B
C-D. Depends on your point of view.
C.
EX, just because kids have no reason to read my blog. Keep them the hell away.
wait a minute. NC-17 is worse than R?!?!?!? i never knew that. no wonder i’m shocked by their content
i thought they were right after AA. hum. my bad.
i’d have to say a or b. i wish more down the scale…but i’m not that open on here all the time. my head thoughts are definately at te bottom of the scale, what appears on paper pretty sweaky clean.
Probably a B. I don’t put a lot of “adult” stuff on there but occasionally swear or talk about drinking, etc.
(why are all ages allowed? Doesn’t xanga have age restrictions of needing to be 13 to have an account anyway? Shouldn;t that be incorporated in thinking of who will be reading these blogs?)
EX, baby!
No, I tend to keep things clean, it goes from A to D (but As and Ds are as rare as my steak).
Although, I think, I pulled “The Aristocrats” joke, which should easily hit an EX…
C
an occasional D here and there.
B
it’d be an A or B. probably A
C, D and EX depending on what is going on in my life. BUT I would never post an explicit pic…even a cartoon or link. i think if kids want to look at porn they know how to get it…reading my blog is prob pretty boring for someone under 18…I was called “old” last week.
A. Seeing as I post protected xD
Ah, but in my actual posts…. C. Definitely C. Unless you count using the F-word often as a D sort of thing. Because I’m bad like that.
Based on content currently on the site, a B; however, since I don’t like to feel censored, I would rate it a D.
Probably C. Evil language and drug references.
a or b
wait! c… i just realized the harsh language in my background picture.
A, or maybe very rarely, once in a while, B.
I would rate my site as B. I cover issues that may not be understood by young children. Plus I will appraoch some issues that are not suited for young children even though I go about them in an intellectual and respectful manner. In the same way I would probably rate you site a B or a C. You cover issues that so children should not be reading.
B or C.
Mine would probably be a B, because.. well. I’m a teenager, I swear a lot when I’m upset, and life just isn’t… kid-safe. At least not to read about.
C-EX I really do not prefer kids visit my site, I just might need to be adult on any given post, though i don’t think I post anything terribly controversial.
I don’t want to be held to a standard and begin to censor myself to meet it. I’ll only sensor myself to my standards, which can flex from day to day, and on my site its allowed!
C…rarely D. depends on the topic of the time!
I know my content doesn’t qualify but I would want as High a rating as possible (R or NC17 / D or EX) That would give me more freedom to post anything I want whenever I want, whether I actually chose to use that freedom or not.
ex cause i’m no kiddie toucher like some people are.
I’d give me a C
A i think
Probably A, I usually just complain about parents and college on mine.
B to a C. usually a B.. C content is mostly protected.
A, and occasionally B. I rate everything I do B, not for language, but for sticking it to the man!
A-C.
i think i would give mine a C…mostly just because i have a potty mouth and i talk about the wierd things going on with my body right now being pregnant sometimes..lol
D… but closer to C…
A low D maybe?
c.
but only because I like to have irrelevant yet suggestive titles to my entries and I occasionally will bring up topics regarding sex.
~~~megan
c or a d
Generally, a C.
I don’t think I go too over the top.
A. Don’t think I ever even near B…
Mostly A, with a bit of B and the occasional C…. Nothing worse than that.
Anywhere from A-C. C is when I get mad PISSEDDDDD. A-B is any other happy day^^
PG 13/ C
none of the above… they supposed to raise the age to use the blog to 21 or over to damm use it…
C. I’d almost say D, except that the only reason my material may need discretion is that many kids even my age can’t think maturely enough to read some things I type.
I hate saying that because I sounded like a pompous “I’m an adult teen,” but that’s not what I’m trying to say at all. I hope that’s evident. I can’t think of a better way to say it.
arf arf!
A+
I’d give it a b, sometimes c.
From A-C
C. I might even pop into D sometimes, but those posts usually go protected pretty quickly.
C
d…..well, maybe a ex when i am pissed…….
EX becuase I’m so sexy.
To be serious I’d be a D I touch some topics that people don’t like to hear about. most children throw rocks at me and call me fat.
B or C
c~
I would say I range from b-c most days. Just because the intellectual level required supercedes most under the age of 15.
A is my rating, anyone is invited.
I keep my public stuff PG. My dad reads it, after all.
a and b mostly c if i’m upset and that will usually be protected or private anyway
Mainly an A, occasionally a B.
A, definately. I don’t know that younger ages would enjoy what I usually write about, but it’s not anything bad at all.
A big ol SMAKIN’ D!
a or b i mean i think everything is appropriate i just think that some of my posts might get kids to thinking a little about stuff that could happen so sorta between a and b get what im sayin?
A most of the time, with the random B . . . innocent fun and the like, you know . . . haha, plus there’s really nothing dirty in my life or any of my stories to be . . . well . . . dirty . . .
A
A all the way
a or b
Between c and D i dont know
C – I rarely post anything to questionable on my page, for a number of reasons. But should it be one of those rare occasions? Better safe than sued by some irresponsible parent, you know?
A. =]
probally b at the most…
my real blog is rated B or C but this blog is rated A.
> B
Peace
C but all my entries are protected so, i guess its an A
i’d also like to say that the ratings are.. dumb.
they remind of school grades
regular alphabets: A B C D E
grades: A B C D F
xanga: A B C D EX
its actually insulting that xanga would use ratings. if i was a student with the GPA of 4.25 and use really bad words to express myself, then i’d get an EX as my rating. people would get the asumption that i’m stupid and watse my time doing bad “stuff” but in reality, i’m just really angry. its misleading, and turns xanga into school almost where we’re catagorized by ratings.
A