You're right, we should wait and see. I guess I did jump the gun a bit. But my inner cynic has a really strong feeling that this is just more propaganda and censorship wrapped in a package that says "Internet".
*Adam Quirk* / Wreck & Salvage <http://wreckandsalvage.com> / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, since I was in the army, served in a war and now vlog, I guess > I can chime in with my 2 cents..... > > It is my understanding that the Army blocked YT, Myspace and a few > others on their networks, the reason being the use of bandwith and > the potential for virus attacks...again this was on the military > network, no different than my work blocking YT, myspace, facebook > etc....I mean they do pay me to work not visit the yahoo group.. :-) > > I am sure some of it is concern that someone may let something slip > that is classified, or that something may be shown etc....and to be > honest I can not blame them....they are in combat....and there are > very real security issues at stake..... > > So the military is making a site avaiable...who knows how it will > work out, it may be crap, but if a soldier has access to some public > internet, he could always use that to post videos, and they are still > allowing them to use the military IP to post blogs, so I am inclined > to believe that it was just a bandwith and security issue...... > > Let's just see before we go all "postal" on the military.... > > And to all those that are serving or have family serving....Thank > you.... > > Heath A proud Vet > > > > --- In [email protected], "Adam Quirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There are more than 2, and they all seem to be of the "life shure > is swell" > > demeanor http://www.trooptube.tv/videos/featured > > > > I didn't know that Youtube was blocked by military IPs. That must > be a very > > recent thing, because there are a ton of uploaded videos on there > from our > > troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. > > > > You can't make this out very well without logging in and friending > her, but > > in my cousin's facebook profile picture, she wrote the words "I > Hate Iraq" > > in the sand with her boot. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? > id=47211212 <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=47211212> > > > > That's the sort of thing that probably wouldn't fly on Trooptube. > > > > *Adam Quirk* / Wreck & Salvage <http://wreckandsalvage.com> / > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's actually not that bad. > > > > In a lot of places, when accessing the web from a .mil IP > address sites > > > are > > > > blocked (particularly consistently stateside). YouTube is one > of the ones > > > > blocked. ( > > > > > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/11/trooptube-restores-streaming- > video-to-our-nations-finest/<http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/11/trooptube-restores-streaming-video-to-our-nations-finest/> > > > ) > > > > So, if you think about it, trooptube is pretty cool - every > soldier has > > > > access to a public vid sharing site that is probably going to > be visited > > > by > > > > a higher density of users who care about/ can relate to what > they're > > > > posting. It will likely help cut back on the youtube comments > which lend > > > > themselves more to douchebaggery than to constructive support. > > > > I have to give it a thumbs up. > > > > > > Interesting that we have 2 widely different views here. > > > obviously, the proof will be what is actually posted in the month. > > > So far there are 2 videos. > > > > > > Will it be simply "the army is great!"...or will there be > > > conversation, constructive criticism, and crazy antics that > soldiers > > > like to record of themselves. > > > > > > jay > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
