May 27, 2006

• Ratings System

  I want a little help on this one.  Xanga announced that they were starting a new rating system the other day.  Now they have installed the system.

  
  

  You are supposed to pick your own rating.  In addition you are supposed to pick what rating you are comfortable reading.  You can go to this site to set your rating and what rating you are comfortable reading:  Ratings. 

  
  

  If you go to the page, this is what you will see:

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  Filter content above C – Caution   Filter content above D – Discretion Required   Do not filter any content (requires verification) its not too bad. i think B 5/27/2006 11:17 AM jms2508 First But anyways, yeah, I want to keep reading your site. Only sometimes are your posts “innapropriate” 5/27/2006 11:17 AM talk2Ben c 5/27/2006 11:18 AM morbidcry yes fifth!! 5/27/2006 11:18 AM Anonymous I think c is good 5/27/2006 11:20 AM Broken_Stargazer My site is unrated. Your’s is prolly a C. 5/27/2006 11:20 AM Creed_of_Kings Yea, probably c, but just to be on the safe side… 5/27/2006 11:20 AM Anonymous yeah c is pretty good 5/27/2006 11:20 AM Smithv_3 DONT LISTEN TO THEM, STAY B!!!!!!!! 5/27/2006 11:21 AM talk2Ben You’rs is probably a C, although you dip both ways ^_^ Mine would probably be a C too (gosh, we’re all so average) 5/27/2006 11:21 AM Seranish_Shores C is probably the safest. granted, most of the kids who would stumble on your site have probably stumbled onto less ‘safe’ content on other sites…  but sometimes it’s better to err on the side of caution, especially when kids are involved. 5/27/2006 11:22 AM gretchenly No. It’s a B. 5/27/2006 11:22 AM loveutome most likely. just so you filter out some of the more easily offended people. 5/27/2006 11:22 AM repatrick yes, c would be good. 5/27/2006 11:23 AM Xo_PicnicInThePark_oX can you change the setting day by day? hmm. 5/27/2006 11:23 AM repatrick ya.. i think c would be good. my site would prolly be like an a.. maybe a b.. idk. sometimes i talk about stuff little kids wouldnt understand fully (ie.. religion, politics) and wouldnt be all that intrested in anyways.. but nothing bad. so i guess an a. idk.. 5/27/2006 11:24 AM pSyCoFrEaK1102 Yes, I think that C would probably be the best rating for your site. But why does it really matter? You can’t filter out C, you can only filter above C. So I don’t really understand the point of A, B, and C ratings. 5/27/2006 11:25 AM Anonymous I think C’s a good rating… 5/27/2006 11:25 AM extremelytasty I agree with you. C would be good. 5/27/2006 11:25 AM Elfish_Flea hmmm…C sounds fitting, however so does B, not much difference between the two. 5/27/2006 11:26 AM Anonymous I don’t get it. To me B and C sorta sound the same. If you want to be on the safe side then I guess I suggest C. 5/27/2006 11:27 AM xxbleachrocksxx yeah c sounds good but b would be accepable in most cases SNOW SOUL 5/27/2006 11:28 AM PsyckoLemminG mostly 5/27/2006 11:28 AM Icebox_Cyclepath B should be fine. Breastfeeding would be an A 5/27/2006 11:31 AM Breath_Of_Dawn B or C is an okay rating. 5/27/2006 11:34 AM Anonymous Hello Dan! I’m an avid reader of your site and I was wondering if you could do something for me. My site is hosting this Summer “Xanga’s Next Top Model”, and since your site is a very good and popular site, I was wondering, when the winner of XNTM is announced (sometime in June or July), if you would feature her on your site. You could put a picture or two of her and feature an interview with her. And my other request is this: I was wondering, in order to trigger viewers, if you would briefly talk about XNTM on May 31st, the day of the premiere. Please & Thank you! ~Tragick P.S. Please comment back. 5/27/2006 11:34 AM Anonymous I think you are pretty clean most of the time, but there is the occasional post, like you said. I guess you could keep it at C. 5/27/2006 11:35 AM WakeUpLaughing ryc:  I had braces.  And you were the one who suggested me putting a pic up of me with tissue stuck up my nose….  5/27/2006 11:38 AM Anonymous Your site would be a C or possibly a D. Your postings deal with sex and sexuality often. The D would arise not from your postings but from the comments you get. 5/27/2006 11:38 AM chad9am Like chad9am said above, it’s pretty tough to put a rating on your own content when others add to it with comments.  My posts are generally pretty tame, but some “less than discrete” people have left some comments that I wouldn’t want my kids reading. 5/27/2006 11:45 AM Anonymous Sure, C. 5/27/2006 11:46 AM empirexstate B 5/27/2006 11:49 AM Ewidge Yes. I think that’s where I’ll put my rating at as well. ~Caroline~ 5/27/2006 11:50 AM Anonymous I think rating your site an F for F**KING aweome would be good. ryc – gimme your home address, Dan. Heheheheheh 5/27/2006 11:50 AM happydeviant its like a B but almost a C i think youre gettin there!!~^^V 5/27/2006 11:50 AM salute_cheersx3 Don’t bother with this rating system shit.  Keep it at A, since, you’re almost forced to make a choice.  5/27/2006 11:50 AM Anonymous yes. but don’t have have to be 13 to have a xanga? 5/27/2006 11:55 AM POOCHDAMAN B 5/27/2006 11:55 AM chickabomb I think you’re a B or C. My site is too, but usually, I protect the stuff I wouldn’t want kids to read…so most of my public posts are A’s. You, though, man, you’re riskee! lol Thanks for being so conscientious. 5/27/2006 11:56 AM Anonymous No, X you filthy man! Just kidding, B or C is suitable. Its just the content is too intelligent for youngins, so actually, C is fine. B is for people like me. 5/27/2006 11:59 AM xx_ExtraordinaryMachine_xx Hi Danny, RYC:  You still always freak me out a little when you joke….or were you serious about Elvis??…hehe  I’m fine – how are you Dan?? I can’t set the site view rating past C….it won’t let me.  I just don’t know what I think about this whole rating system…I’m still turning it over in my mind…. Candy 5/27/2006 12:02 PM Anonymous RYC: Haha…yes, I intend to post. It just takes a LOT of research to post about religious worldviews, and I’m currently working on Scientology. Thanks for stopping by! …and yes, I think B or C are good ratings for your site. I usually try to keep mine at A, but sometimes things at the B or C level need to be addressed…I don’t really believe it’s ever necessary to post a D or espectially an EX post…some of your comments would be rated C, as well… C sounds right. 5/27/2006 12:05 PM ThePhilosopherCafe That sounds just about right 5/27/2006 12:12 PM youSAVEme You’re a B, due to the relativity of everyone else on Xanga. 5/27/2006 12:14 PM Anonymous I think C would work for yours. I think the ratings are so freaking stupid, though. Xanga should always be and stay PG-13. I’m going to rate my site as a B. Most of my content is A, but I don’t want to be stuck censoring myself just to keep that A rating. 5/27/2006 12:17 PM JazzSaxKitten Either way I am still reading it. 5/27/2006 12:18 PM Anonymous Oh dude, you are off the charts!  8~D I would suggest C or D.  I think it will detract from new subscriber if you are A or B … unless the subs will be from children or Jerry Faldwell’s (sp?) crowd.  My observation is that your comments come from the 18+ crowd.  I wouldn’t worry about the appropriateness of your topics for children under 13 unless that’s the way you want to go. I was at the ER this week with my daughter and saw five 13 year olds come in with drug and alcohol overdose.  So perhaps we being overly sensitive to what is appropriate for 13 year olds.  Obviously some of this age are having experiences and challenges that were once thought to be for later in life.  Not all 13 yr olds are created equal either. Okay…nuf about that.  Have a great Memorial Day Weekend! 5/27/2006 12:19 PM CalGal405 Definitely C. 5/27/2006 12:20 PM steph843 PG-13 is appropriate 5/27/2006 12:21 PM RdKingClassic03 Yeah, I would say C. 5/27/2006 12:26 PM SamsMom1004 c to be on the safe side. It is designed to protect people so lets protect them 5/27/2006 12:32 PM shaqueattack you did a post on breast feeding? I missed that one I would be very interested in reading some of those! 5/27/2006 12:33 PM shaqueattack I would say B for you, because when you talk about things that are inappropriate for little kids, you never tend to in an erotic or sexual way. You lean towards the informative, which is not that offensive for most people. 5/27/2006 12:43 PM NikBv open up the can of worms again re: breastfeeding did any Christains ever read the Bible on breast feeding ? 5/27/2006 12:43 PM shaqueattack ryc:  Oh … I feel incredibly special!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5/27/2006 12:44 PM CalGal405 B I believe. 5/27/2006 12:46 PM farewellphotography C sounds good to me. 5/27/2006 12:48 PM Anonymous B maybe C 5/27/2006 12:49 PM Pete I think C is safe… 5/27/2006 12:49 PM Anonymous I think C, better safe than sorry. Good choice. 5/27/2006 12:49 PM Kaysera “C” sounds alright.  If the sexual questions were consistently serious and thought-provoking (thus being “educational” in nature), a “B” might be enough. I think the rating system should be on a post-by-post basis. –  If breast-feeding isn’t suitable for young children, who is it suitable for?  5/27/2006 12:54 PM YourOuterCritic C probably works; can never be too precautious… and most people for whom the material may be inappropriate, unless they’re like 10 or under, won’t even think to change their settings anyway.. 5/27/2006 12:55 PM AllMyNamesAreTaken And.. I’d like to know what’s up with the “requires verification” if you don’t want anything to be filtered. 5/27/2006 12:56 PM AllMyNamesAreTaken b 5/27/2006 12:56 PM awish4you Ryc Good on ya! I love this topic with Christians as many are not aware of what the Bible say’s about. Sice breast were designed with a dual function our culture tends to want to minimize or exclusivise one or the other but they were designed for multi prupose. Samuel in the Bible was weened when he was able to make the trek to the temple at about the age of 3-4 depending on how you count age for that time but in any case it was not when he got teeth oro turned a certain age it was when he was able to amke the trek. thorughout the Bible a mothers milk is refer to as a positive thing. in 1Peter it talks an analogy of breast feeding and equating to God’s goodness. And of course we see over in Song of Songs the design for pleasure. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.1 Peter 1-3 A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. Proverbs 5:19 I love the debate of this subjuect because it really is an eyeopener for most! Breasts a dual purpose with know final date and time in which they are not to be used. 5/27/2006 1:07 PM shaqueattack yea probly !~nicole~! 5/27/2006 1:15 PM Anonymous I’d vote B. 5/27/2006 1:22 PM sweetness0984 yea i would say c sounds about right….have fun dan 5/27/2006 1:25 PM minerva1822 C sounds like a pretty accurate rating. As you mentioned, what you write is usually pretty tasteful. But the comments can be more direct at times. 5/27/2006 1:32 PM hopenafuture b. you talk very cleanly about “inappropriate” issues. 5/27/2006 1:34 PM Anonymous I think C is a little too strong. I think B would be a safe bet.   5/27/2006 1:46 PM alexiah100 B should be fine and C would be GOOD…^^ 5/27/2006 1:58 PM babyarmi I think C is appropriate. You do talk about a few issues some kids shouldn’t be talking about. 5/27/2006 1:58 PM Anonymous I think C is a good rating for you. 5/27/2006 2:10 PM Nstacks C would be good. Though I dont like the rating system. It wont let me view anything below a C. Crap. My own site is explict. Mostly because I sware a lot. Well. I officially like this site. 5/27/2006 2:23 PM Anonymous it’s B. 5/27/2006 2:35 PM la_faerie_joyeuse B. because your posts are usually clean, and when your posts deal with issues some may find offensive, you do it in a tasteful way. Besides, your site is more for open discussion and idea sharing, and that sometimes strays into issues like sex. 5/27/2006 2:59 PM smooth_moby Yes. You’re pretty age-neutral. When you do a topic on something inappropriate for people under a certain age, just note that at the top of the entry. I think you do that already, but I don’t remember. 5/27/2006 3:05 PM jeddy_three top 100 umm… i think you’re ok with a B, but you might use C to be safe 5/27/2006 3:11 PM A_Lil_Squeaky_Mouse I think C is an appropriate rating for you site. 5/27/2006 3:12 PM SkyMarshalOz Ex- Explicit! 5/27/2006 3:30 PM sweety421 C sounds fine.  But why would you want to rate your site anyways??? 5/27/2006 3:41 PM Definition_of_an_EmoChild i think C just to be safe . :] 5/27/2006 3:41 PM forxtherecord yea 5/27/2006 4:02 PM Anonymous don’t rate your site at all. no benefits or consequences = no reason. Cheers! 5/27/2006 4:09 PM Crimson_Zephyr Geeze, your site is B AT THE MOST. 5/27/2006 4:11 PM nguyenxsheik c sounds about right 5/27/2006 4:26 PM latinitasoyme I hate the rating system. i officially boycott it. so there. 5/27/2006 4:28 PM Kestryl b or c its in between those two . it might even be d . who knows this crap confuses me ! 5/27/2006 4:34 PM have_a_bella_muerte You are borderline… Your site is usually clean. It is us commenters that are dirty! I went w/ C on my site. I also put the logo in my “custom module” so people know what I rate it. 5/27/2006 4:38 PM theScalesandtheScorpion You might could get away with B, but C’s probably safer… 5/27/2006 4:46 PM Lil_Buddy17 As a Christian I would not want my choldren reading some things in your posts! I would say overall I would give your site a “D”. However, I did read that Xanga will soon allow you to rate individual posts day by day. This will be helpful in your case. I think most of your posts are a “B” to “C” range. But, you do have those that need to be a “D”. IE: masterbation, your wifes boobs, oral sex. I understand that I will get some flack for this harsher rating compared to others. But, as a Christian your standard should be higher than others. Please no offense taken. 5/27/2006 4:54 PM Anonymous I love photography, you love photography. Will you please give my site a visit? Tell me what you like/dislike about it? How about joining my blogring? *Click* If you would, that would be great. Have a nice day lovely! -Amber Mae 5/27/2006 5:04 PM Beautiful_Photography I’d say B, because I don’t find the manner in which you discuss things to be ‘inappropriate.’ 5/27/2006 5:21 PM Anothermadhousewife B or a C you can discuss some things that little boys and girls shouldn’t know about lol,But other than that your a B. 5/27/2006 5:26 PM Anonymous Dan – breastfeeding is an A. masturbation is somewhere between B and C, just like your site. 5/27/2006 5:26 PM nostoryrob C, for the occasional more controversial post. 5/27/2006 5:27 PM FireWithinArian C is great. 5/27/2006 5:38 PM Krissy_Cole C if you can’t change the rating day by day 5/27/2006 5:46 PM Buttonpush Probably C, but could be a B.  I think mine is a B. 5/27/2006 5:53 PM vangelicmonk B & C with a chance of D?  Not a a choice? then C. 5/27/2006 6:22 PM ChristyattheLake I’m tired of all this rating and flagging stuff. 5/27/2006 6:24 PM CuriousGeorgina why not? ryc: ……….HAHAHAHAHAHAH 5/27/2006 6:27 PM smeeta C would be appropriate. Not because of what you post, but because you have so many subscribers and the responses can sometimes get out of control. Even some of your mild topics I have noticed in my short subscription to your site have gotten some pretty lewd responses on occasion. 5/27/2006 6:37 PM PapaMcEuin according to the definition of C, I would say C 5/27/2006 7:00 PM Stargazingtoo C works fine 5/27/2006 7:03 PM wxcruiser I honestly think your sight is B. Indeed, -some- material isn’t suitable for young children. Though it all depends on what you are comfortable with saying you are. 5/27/2006 7:22 PM DemocraticBean I think ‘C’ would be prudent. 5/27/2006 7:44 PM pamilvr i have no prob with any site being A, but if you want to filter content, yours would be a B 5/27/2006 7:49 PM Anonymous I think it could be a ‘C’ if you want to stay on the safe side, but otherwise, I believe you post for the most part at a ‘B’ level. With certain exceptions… 5/27/2006 8:40 PM beanbag337 hi,my name is andre 5/27/2006 9:17 PM Anonymous ex-explicit. all those nudies you show I think C is perfect 5/27/2006 9:30 PM itwasmyEGOtellingmewhy Ex 5/27/2006 9:43 PM Kiwigummy B or C. But anyway what does it mean by “Filter content above C – Caution“? Does that mean to not let me read content above C-Caution? 5/27/2006 9:53 PM trumpetmarcher I think B covers you pretty well- once and a while you veer into adult politics and sometimes the coments can get B or C rated- but gotta tell you breastfeeding is suitable for all ages!!!  So what  about my site- sometimes I go off on circumsision and our cultures view of breasts as soley sex objects- mmm?  I’m leaning toward B for myself, but am not sure. 5/27/2006 11:25 PM Mommy I agree with Chad9am and Scalesand scorpions. You may attempt to keep subject clean, but some of your readers use the questions to be, well, dirty. I think a C for you, a D for your commentors. 5/27/2006 11:29 PM Hasid C would be best 5/28/2006 12:13 AM SteviesCafe c sounds good for your site. 5/28/2006 9:22 AM GCgirl721 You’re just a dirty old man at heart.   5/28/2006 9:34 AM Anonymous Your rating:  D Discreation Required … lol You post quite a lot about sex and sexual things and other mature subjects.  5/28/2006 9:57 AM lead_mare It is good…”C.” 5/28/2006 10:24 AM Singersaint I would say B… Because we are just talking about it. It’s not like Children can’t talk about it. I woudl rather them talk about it here, than at school with their buddies. Or on the Internet with pornagraphy. Children get curious. 5/28/2006 11:28 AM qazaq_of_the_clan_of_qaz I think your site is a B. 5/28/2006 12:25 PM Anonymous C is fine but if like someone wanted to see ur site and they had it filtered then like..could they not view it? but thats my opinion…l8r meg 5/28/2006 1:57 PM x_wantxtoxbexhis_x okay all i want to say is this new rating system is not a good idea…i’ve tried to go in and make it to where i can view all sites…and because i am a minor i cannot. i have been a member of xanga in some form or other for 3 years now…and i’ve looked at just about any kind of site you can find…from basically porn xangas to little 13 year old xangas with big fluffy clouds and unicorns…this is wrong…i should have choice to view whatever i want…and besides (no offense intended) wasn’t Xanga created for teens anyways?!? sorry that’s just my vent… you should keep it at B… 5/28/2006 4:31 PM Anonymous >Dan, I don’t see your subject matter as being rated as a ‘C’ on the scale in question. If the teen crowd cannot handle the subjects: Find another Blog. ‘B ’ is just fine. Blessed be, friend. Peace 5/29/2006 1:29 AM Pcygnii At worst you are a ‘B’. L,r 5/29/2006 9:17 AM SugarBlue2 C 5/29/2006 11:44 AM bloodymarian I agree with many that B should be fine. 5/29/2006 4:18 PM dpbballstar01 I think that you post things that even children need to read and know about.  It is the comment section that can sometimes be cleaned up! 5/30/2006 9:36 AM cowboy_christian C sounds good to me 5/30/2006 4:31 PM candiez Post a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website Comment TheTheologiansCafe