MySpace blocking, what's your opinion?

I honestly think that blocking Myspace is a good thing. it keeps kids focused on work and off of sites they don't need to be on.. however,

some sites that they block aren't really that bad at all.. also, by blocking myspace, students are learning alternate ways of getting on to sites (besides proxys) and are inadvertantly learning to do so.

opinions? agreements or disagreements?

MySpace blocking, what's your opinion?

Yeah, I think it's a good thing as well.

School isn't meant to be socializing online, I mean there are a lot of friendships at school anyways. Also, people have a lot of time to do that online stuff at home... after school and work. I think the youth of today is over-saturated with the Internet. I mean, it's great to learn about computers in school, but horsing around with MySpace isn't really what school is all about in the first place. It's truly the electronic age, I rarely see many people biking or even walking around these days. There's going to be total chaos if there happens to be a power outage. Cyberheads are going to go bonkers and won't know what to do in the meantime.

Proxies... I'm on the fence. It's really difficult to maintain a level of trust into proxy sites, you never know if your info is logged for nefarious uses. I'm into more advanced proxing, but it's the Internet... you never know who's peeking in anyways. Besides, there's really no learning for most people using proxy sites as you just put in the URL and go. There is a new proxy site to beat blocks every week. I don't think most folks have ever looked into 'tunneling' and so forth.

MySpace blocking, what's your opinion?

Thanks for the choose and you're very welcome! The other answer was solid as well, but the dangers of unknown proxy sites raise questions of security. I really wonder if that's how people have had their social site's profiles 'hacked'. Report It

MySpace blocking, what's your opinion?

i agree that schools blocked myspace and facebook, it actually helps students tro concentrate on school work instead of wasting time on facebook, or myspace during a class sessions.

however, there are always be programs that aboiv blocking, and people will find them.

and this message for those who still want pass blocking site, guys no matter how many times you ask the same question you'll how hard you'll try, school system admins will block such sites, GIVE IT UP. wait untill you get and use a computer at home.