Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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July 19, 2007

BSafe's Apology Accepted

I am pleased to report that BSafe has apologized for categorizing this blog as being one that promotes cults. One of their reps explained via email that the error occurred when they combined databases with another filtering company last weekend.

She said they would be reclassifying this blog under the "Reference" category where it would not be blocked. Whether they do or don't, I've done all the complaining I intend to do. In the words of President George H. W. Bush at the end of Desert Storm, "This war is over."

Unfortunately, the "Reference" category isn't defined in BSafe's FAQ, so I can't confirm whether or not it's a category BSafe blocks by default.

The BSafe rep also explained that ALL blogs are typically blocked by default under a category called "Web Logs," but that the end user sees "Free Hosts" as the category instead. She admitted this is misleading.

Unfornately, BSafe appears to take a witch hunt approach to blogs in general, "because users of WEB LOGS can put whatever content they wish on their site. One day it may be completely innocent, the next it can be inappropriate" (the BSafe rep's words).

As kindly as I knew how, I pointed out that the same holds true for ANY website. A perfectly decent website today may contain something you'd rather not see the next. Check out CNN.com, for a good example. :o)

Seriously, though, the language patterns, content scope, etc. are clearly set down in most blogs, because the standard practice of most blogs is to archive past articles. In the case of this blog, it's been archived since day one.

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