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Apparently "Empty Closets" is a dating site...

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Fiender, Mar 29, 2009.

  1. Fiender

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    Well, I typically go from one anti-virus free trial to another and I recently installed CA anti-virus suite and among the features was a parental control thing.

    Upon loading the internet most sites worked fine. Some of the more adult places I visit featured a warning page and prompted a password (which I didn't mind).

    Later, upon visiting Empty closets I got a similar prompt. They claimed EC was a dating site... :***::tantrum:

    I feel sorry for the confused young kids who could really use the help EC can offer but can't because their parents installed this CA bullshit on their computer. I still can't get over that the only excuse they could come up with to block this site was to call it a "dating site." :tantrum:
     
  2. Lychee

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    Wow, that's weird as... :\
     
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    That's pretty sad
     
  4. Myke

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    Oh, this isn't a dating website? *leaves*
     
  5. pokeypanda

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    I didn't know that they had things like that!
    That does really suck :frowning2:
     
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    Well this site DID help me find the most important person in my life today.

    ME! *self hug* (*hug*)
     
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    I agree.

    <3
     
  8. Derek the Wolf

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    :| seriously? a dating site? FAIL
     
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    yeahh, that's kinda ridiculous. boo.
     
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    If we're a dating site, we've got the worst success rate of any of them... :slight_smile:

    Lex
     
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    Then wheres my date? lol that's so weird.
     
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    I'm almost tempted to send them an email and call them morons. I have no idea why. :grin:
     
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    So that's why I'm still single. Doh! :roflmao::roflmao:
     
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    Hmm weird... if it only does it to this one site then I guess ok but if it pulled that crap with all gay sites then I would get offended

    Fox
     
  17. The Enigma

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    You're only one year shy twice my age. :wink: You're mature, in that stage of your life, and probably got a stable career. You're not so bad.

    Ba-Zing :thumbsup::eek::roflmao:frowning2:!)
     
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    These things work on word and phrase filters - about as subtle as a steamroller. When I was about thirteen I can safely say that the only thing keeping me from killing myself was a support site named Teen Moods, and my Dad installed some software which blocked access to the site, because it contained the words "teen" and "chat" in its description. It took me weeks to sabotage the damn thing well enough that I could get back to my only real human contact.

    If parents wish to restrict what their kids use on the internet, they should do so via this new-fangled "communication" stuff, not brute force.
     
  19. The Enigma

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    I agree. I don't think I'd ever put restrictions on the computer simply because I don't think at the age of 13+ they should be censored. Porn is deadly to a computer if you don't have good anti-virus/spyware/malware/crapwarestuff. It isn't going to hurt a child. Even then, I'd never want to block a site like EC because of it too.
     
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    EC is a dating site. This is going to be our promotional poster:

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