Why I don’t share the gospel at work
Your organization’s Internet use policy restricts access to this web page at this time.
Reason:
The Websense category “Non-Traditional Religions and Occult and Folklore” is filtered.
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URL:
http://timesandseasons.org/
True story
then again, none of the other Mormon blogs were filtered. Hmmmm….
Comment by cj douglass — August 8, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
What’s really weird is that this site, from Websense, the company mentioned in the message, indicates that “Mormonism” is classified as a “Traditional Religion” .
Comment by Bruce V C — August 8, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
Good point Bruce. lds.org was not filtered either. Just those Folklorists over at Times and Seasons.
Comment by cj douglass — August 8, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
My company too (which also uses Web(non)sense) has filtered T&S for the same reasons. Unfortunatly, I cannot access any wordpress blogs because of proxy avoidance.
Comment by Apollo — August 8, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
I’m not sure what my last company (I work as a temp) used, but it let me access Millennial Star and Times & Seasons without difficulty. It even let me access Blogspot blogs, which I found surprising. But it blocked almost all the other blogging platforms as “personal/hobby”, if I recall correctly.
What I like is that though it was obvious the company was using a service, it also let you petition to have something re-opened. Most other places I’ve worked at had no mechanism for communicating that a site had mis-categorized or ought to be whitelisted.
Comment by Sarah — August 9, 2007 @ 9:53 pm