Keeping You Abreast of IvyGate Milestones
Diffferent blogs chart progress in different ways. Some look at pageviews; some at Google rank; some at the number of times they place stories in established media outlets. At IvyGate, we prefer the yardstick of infamy. And by its inerrant measure there can be no topping the month of April.
On April 11 -- thanks, we're guessing, to two recent visits from the male nudity fairy (Justin Kan; balls) -- we got our first-ever report that IvyGate is officially blocked at someone's place of employment:
Access Denied (content_filter_denied)
[Redacted] has blocked access to this website as it has been categorized as Nudity;Personal Pages;Sexual Materials. Refer to [Redacted] Corporate Information Security Policy for additional information.
Believe us, we were some proud papas when the news arrived. But that just didn't compare to the dispatch we got last week from a reader on the other side of the planet:
Thought you might like to know that your blog seems to be blocked in China--Keep up the good work! ... I'm mostly in Beijing, though the site is unavailable everywhere in the country as far as I know.
Guess it was the all the class warfare!
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May 2nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm
just so you know. internet blocks in China are frequent, sporadic, and mostly temporary.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I can also confirm that you are blocked by the Sprint proxy as being a porn site.
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
i know we all have finals now, but where the hell are you guys?
reading the posts on ivygate is my reminder that there is a reason to live when im completely depressed by studying (whether it be because i remember im not those harvard kids in the virgin video or because reni laines video reminds me happiness exists still)
please come back, my first final is tomorrow afternoon!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:39 pm
This is unconscionable, IvyGate. I am now embarking on my second all-nighter in a row to finish up finals and the only procrastination fodder your site has provided me with in over 24 hours is this post. For shame.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
honestly, youre an idiot.