I was recently at the local library and walked past a kid that was using one of the computers available to the public, and he's just sitting there in the middle of the library watching hardcore hentai. And that's when I remembered that the Seattle Public Library system has a staunch policy of refusing to filter content to patrons. Which would make sense if it was just a matter of not filtering what you access through their connection, but you'd think they would at least require someone watching adult material to watch it somewhere more secluded.
You have never truly witnessed stupid if you haven't read or seen a discussion between librarians about whether filtering porn on public computers is a bad idea.
how can there even be an argument?
How can allowing people to watch porn on public computers possibly be a good idea?
It's not a good idea, but it's also impractical to filter porn through your own IT department if you have one or through commercial gateway services or software filters without inevitably filtering things like wiki articles on anatomy or breast cancer survivor resources, which is a pretty shit thing to do.
Not if you actually have a functioning IT department for your library system...OH WAIT!
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I was recently at the local library and walked past a kid that was using one of the computers available to the public, and he's just sitting there in the middle of the library watching hardcore hentai. And that's when I remembered that the Seattle Public Library system has a staunch policy of refusing to filter content to patrons. Which would make sense if it was just a matter of not filtering what you access through their connection, but you'd think they would at least require someone watching adult material to watch it somewhere more secluded.
You have never truly witnessed stupid if you haven't read or seen a discussion between librarians about whether filtering porn on public computers is a bad idea.
how can there even be an argument?
How can allowing people to watch porn on public computers possibly be a good idea?
It's not a good idea, but it's also impractical to filter porn through your own IT department if you have one or through commercial gateway services or software filters without inevitably filtering things like wiki articles on anatomy or breast cancer survivor resources, which is a pretty shit thing to do.
Not if you actually have a functioning IT department for your library system...OH WAIT!
Even then, there are infinitely more porn sites every day. You can't block them all without automating some of the process which inevitably catches legitimate informational resources. Then you have to rely on end users attempting to make a request for help for something that may be considered intensely private or even embarrassing, which is a not great approach. Also, you have the issue of individual library staff, public bureaucrats, and vocal citizens who think things like health resources are pornographic and trying to impose those views as policies.
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I was recently at the local library and walked past a kid that was using one of the computers available to the public, and he's just sitting there in the middle of the library watching hardcore hentai. And that's when I remembered that the Seattle Public Library system has a staunch policy of refusing to filter content to patrons. Which would make sense if it was just a matter of not filtering what you access through their connection, but you'd think they would at least require someone watching adult material to watch it somewhere more secluded.
In the basement of my college's library is a computer lab/tutoring center where half the room is computers and half is tables for work and tutoring and such
It's against the rules to use the computers for anything but work but as long as you're working on something nobody cares if you take a break to check facebook or whatever
One day I was in there and the place was packed, like people were milling around waiting for computers to open so they could work, and a few stations down from me some guy is looking at hentai like it was a school project, no effort to hide it whatsoever.
And that is the story of the one time I've ever complained to a library attendant that somebody was goofing off on the computer instead of working, because seriously people were standing around at the ends of the aisles waiting to sit down and type up their shit
I was recently at the local library and walked past a kid that was using one of the computers available to the public, and he's just sitting there in the middle of the library watching hardcore hentai. And that's when I remembered that the Seattle Public Library system has a staunch policy of refusing to filter content to patrons. Which would make sense if it was just a matter of not filtering what you access through their connection, but you'd think they would at least require someone watching adult material to watch it somewhere more secluded.
You have never truly witnessed stupid if you haven't read or seen a discussion between librarians about whether filtering porn on public computers is a bad idea.
how can there even be an argument?
How can allowing people to watch porn on public computers possibly be a good idea?
It's not a good idea, but it's also impractical to filter porn through your own IT department if you have one or through commercial gateway services or software filters without inevitably filtering things like wiki articles on anatomy or breast cancer survivor resources, which is a pretty shit thing to do.
This is a reasonable point. The counter is that a lot of commercial filters, like the one my system uses, will let you give a patron an unfiltered session if they need to do research on a topic that would typically be blocked.
As to why not filter at all, well, prepare to have your mind broken:
I was recently at the local library and walked past a kid that was using one of the computers available to the public, and he's just sitting there in the middle of the library watching hardcore hentai. And that's when I remembered that the Seattle Public Library system has a staunch policy of refusing to filter content to patrons. Which would make sense if it was just a matter of not filtering what you access through their connection, but you'd think they would at least require someone watching adult material to watch it somewhere more secluded.
You have never truly witnessed stupid if you haven't read or seen a discussion between librarians about whether filtering porn on public computers is a bad idea.
how can there even be an argument?
How can allowing people to watch porn on public computers possibly be a good idea?
It's not a good idea, but it's also impractical to filter porn through your own IT department if you have one or through commercial gateway services or software filters without inevitably filtering things like wiki articles on anatomy or breast cancer survivor resources, which is a pretty shit thing to do.
This is a reasonable point. The counter is that a lot of commercial filters, like the one my system uses, will let you give a patron an unfiltered session if they need to do research on a topic that would typically be blocked.
As to why not filter at all, well, prepare to have your mind broken:
I'm already familiar with the ALA stance from working in a library. I'm kinda skimming these articles though, and not seeing anything super unreasonable? Like, I disagree with some points of contention here, but I think I mostly get the reason they're taking their respective stances.
Personally, I'm not in favor of requiring patrons to make a request, but I also don't think a kid is gonna be traumatized for life if they see sex for three seconds. Like, if it were up to me, I'd say give the librarians discretion in determining if a user is viewing graphically explicit content, educational or not, and if they are, make them use a designated computer or set of computers, the monitors of which have restricted viewing angles. If they explicitly touch themselves, partially or fully disrobe, or otherwise overtly present sexually, toss 'em out.
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Not if you actually have a functioning IT department for your library system...OH WAIT!
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Even then, there are infinitely more porn sites every day. You can't block them all without automating some of the process which inevitably catches legitimate informational resources. Then you have to rely on end users attempting to make a request for help for something that may be considered intensely private or even embarrassing, which is a not great approach. Also, you have the issue of individual library staff, public bureaucrats, and vocal citizens who think things like health resources are pornographic and trying to impose those views as policies.
In the basement of my college's library is a computer lab/tutoring center where half the room is computers and half is tables for work and tutoring and such
It's against the rules to use the computers for anything but work but as long as you're working on something nobody cares if you take a break to check facebook or whatever
One day I was in there and the place was packed, like people were milling around waiting for computers to open so they could work, and a few stations down from me some guy is looking at hentai like it was a school project, no effort to hide it whatsoever.
And that is the story of the one time I've ever complained to a library attendant that somebody was goofing off on the computer instead of working, because seriously people were standing around at the ends of the aisles waiting to sit down and type up their shit
HAHA you're the first person to ever make that joke
This is a reasonable point. The counter is that a lot of commercial filters, like the one my system uses, will let you give a patron an unfiltered session if they need to do research on a topic that would typically be blocked.
As to why not filter at all, well, prepare to have your mind broken:
http://www.ala.org/offices/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/whyfilterswontprotect
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2011839535_bruce12.html
http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2010/05/filtering.html
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so i finally got home and looked this up and holy shit you're working with a serial killer
I'm already familiar with the ALA stance from working in a library. I'm kinda skimming these articles though, and not seeing anything super unreasonable? Like, I disagree with some points of contention here, but I think I mostly get the reason they're taking their respective stances.
Personally, I'm not in favor of requiring patrons to make a request, but I also don't think a kid is gonna be traumatized for life if they see sex for three seconds. Like, if it were up to me, I'd say give the librarians discretion in determining if a user is viewing graphically explicit content, educational or not, and if they are, make them use a designated computer or set of computers, the monitors of which have restricted viewing angles. If they explicitly touch themselves, partially or fully disrobe, or otherwise overtly present sexually, toss 'em out.
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