Once Upon A Time, there were many sites dedicated to sharing photos, and videos, and for listening to music. But there was a war on, so the military blocked access to those sites because the traffic was huge, and soldiers kept leaking info they weren’t supposed to, and so on.
But soldiers, being trained to be smart and clever about working around limitations, found that for every Photobucket, there was a Flickr, and for every Pandora there was a private podcast, and so on.
So soon the military started blocking more sites, and asking the sites to help block. Some sites were patriotic and did so. Other sites were patriotic and decided not to do so. Other sites were in other countries altogether. Continue reading »