adopt a blog
Posted by: pureessence on: March 31, 2004
in response to china’s second major block on blogging service typepad.com (last time is to blogspot.com and it’s still blocked), someone came up with the idea of adopt a blog to promote freedom of speech. the idea is simple. if you own a private domain, you can host those blogs that are blocked. that way the chinese government can no longer block a bunch of sites by blocking one domain host.
i really enjoy the idea. unfortunately i can only host one or two blogs due to limited space. if you want to participate in the project to promote freedom of speech visit this site!
14 Responses to "adopt a blog"
March 31, 2004 at 7:13 pm
Wow, I didn’t know China was blocking blogs. You learn something everyday. I might participate.
April 1, 2004 at 2:37 pm
I’m really interested in hosting a blog or two, but I’m not really sure how to set up permissions on my server to allow that. Maybe I’ll look on the site more to see if they have any info on that.
April 1, 2004 at 3:54 pm
It looks like a great idea, and I want to help out. Its a pity China has to do things like that.
April 1, 2004 at 6:35 pm
A really good initiative, makes people feel good about getting to lend a hand, too! I just emailed for more info, thanks for the heads up!
Oh, and wtg about your studies! ^^
April 1, 2004 at 10:01 pm
Wow, that’s a great idea. If I had a domain of my own, I’d definately host some 
.
April 3, 2004 at 2:13 pm
Great idea. I think I’ll participate, even if my domain always bug and it’s not a good thing for the hostees T_T
April 3, 2004 at 3:45 pm
Thanks for the info! I have been posting about this all over various boards. Many people are signing up! This is a great cause. Thanks for the info Dodo!
April 3, 2004 at 11:58 pm
Do you ever wonder what will become of this in the end? I should join, but I don’t have space, concidering the fact I’m hosted by my friend as well. -_-;
But really, I don’t get the whole reason why they’re doing this in the first place. It seems a bit absurd…
April 5, 2004 at 7:35 pm
awww i wanna do that. the only problem is, i DONT HAVE A DOMAIN! *cries*
April 9, 2004 at 12:28 am
Thanks for the plug, Dodo!
Everyone interested, please take the time to e-mail us. We are still organizing the hosts and adoptees, but the adopted blogs will start going live soon. Stay tuned!
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March 31, 2004 at 6:05 pm
That does sound like a good idea. I wonder if there will be enough hosts for people who use free services.
Blogspot is partially blocked, because some people in China can get through, but others cannot.
April 1, 2004 at 6:17 pm
well it might be up to the individual ISP or it could be they are viewing via a proxy.