Gongalong Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Hi folks, We've had the request to unblock Digg.com for students (11-16 years old). As far as I can see it's a news site, albeit one with a social element to it. Does it play host to anything unsuitable for children that I'm missing? TIA
Roberto Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Not sure what is happening with Digg these days - it used to be much the same as Reddit, and I'd be wary about letting students of that age range having unrestricted access to all of Reddit. 1
Gongalong Posted March 15, 2015 Author Posted March 15, 2015 Yes, Reddit is very much unsuitable. I was struggling to find anything unsuitable on Digg though, but maybe I'm missing something.
Roberto Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Yes, Reddit is very much unsuitable. I was struggling to find anything unsuitable on Digg though, but maybe I'm missing something. Well it's a news aggregation site - Just because nothing 'unsuitable' is news today...
chris_uk Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 You could run a local install of Reddit and submit your own content - https://github.com/reddit/reddit
OB1 Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 I'd be very wary of crowd sourced content aggregators like this, especially for that age group. It's the kind of thing that's not 'full of bad stuff', but sooner or later something will appear that might make you wince. 1
Gongalong Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 Yes, I kept an eye on the main page. One day it was fine, nothing unsuitable. The next day articles on erotic novels and goat heads. We've unblocked it but I've warned the teacher of what can be there.
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