Comments on: Rose DesRochers Review: Windows Live Spaces

By: Mikeachim

Mikeachim — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:52:22 +0000

It looks a tidy and efficient network….
But that kind of word censorship is just ridiculous. The whole point about using words to communicate is having the full range to draw on, even the apparently seamier side. Blocking bad language, while I think regrettable for the above reason, is understandable.
But blocking words that are only associated with questionable content…..no, no, NO. Invasive and patronising.
Thus endeth my ranting. *steam jets out of ears*.
(Note to self: need heat-sink for brain before ranting like this).
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I use MySpace a lot (and it’s been helpful in networking for writing-industry contacts) and there aren’t any such filters, only guidelines. (There also isn’t a lot in the way of ‘blogging’, I’d argue).
As for my chosen blogging platform – Typepad is very nice indeed. And when you’ve outgrown its limitations, you can get MovableType and go it alone, from the ground up…….

By: Bob!

Bob! — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:14:10 +0000

Yeah, wordpress on a webhost is much better. But this is cute for someone without the experience and not confident enough to set out on their own. Never looked at myspace but knowing MS it’s bound to be similar, lol

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:21:57 +0000

Like I’ve said, I’m not a fan of networking sites and for blogging, I prefer a blogging platform like Wordpress, however for those who enjoy networking sites ‘Windows Live Spaces’ has some great features. I think it will give MySpace a run for the money.

By: Juha

Juha — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:51:20 +0000

Yes, Microsoft has done a lot of the hard yards for you with Windows Live Spaces. However, is it really a blogging platform or a MySpace competitor? Microsoft seems to think it’s both, but I don’t think it’s ideal for bloggers.

Forgot to mention in my post on WLS censorship that it is the headline of the entry and not the body copy that is being parsed by the filter – good that you picked that up.

It’s not particularly hard to get around the filter; you can put in words like “pr0n” or “p_orn” or whatever, so you have to wonder why Microsoft bothers?

Oh well, at least it’s not as bad as with the Chinese MSN, where you can’t write “human rights” and “democracy”.

By: Steve Reichard

Steve Reichard — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:50:10 +0000

Well I have never tried it but sounds like it is a good thing you had some things you liked and some you didn’t but the ones you did outweighed the ones you didn’t:)

Steve