New Social Site – Diddit; Wordpress Glitch or OpenDNS blocking?
Diddit - New Social Site
According to CWEBNEWS' Ludic Labs Raises $5 Million; Launches Activity-Based Social Net 'Diddit' there is a new kid on the social block (launched Feb 11, 2009), looking for viral, sticky-site addictive fame ala Facebook. Diddit is a social site that at first blush I seemed to me to be aimed at risk-taking, social site addicted, techno geeks. Upon more thought it may also appeal to anyone who likes lists, teens, and... well just other people I can't even think of. There's also a blog section on Diddit - I wonder if it will stay a Diddit list or turn into a "who's who" of blogs.
Let's see where Diddit goes and who it attracts, time will tell.
Wordpress Glitch?
I've checked several Wordpress-hosted blogs tonight and there appears to be some sort of glitch with their CSS - as if the stylesheets were deleted. Of course, it could just be some errant firewall or other Internet setting on my side.
Oh, to the right is a screenshot of how I see the Wordpress.com home page tonight, and I get similar for any other Wordpress-hosted site I visit. The issue could be related to a8c.com which is being blocked by OpenDNS (a filter I use), so its entirely possible that Wordpress blogs look fine to everyone but those of us using OpenDNS, which I think it better than other available Internet/Web filters, and is free.
Likely its just OpenDNS blocking but I would like some feedback here - is there a Wordpress glitch, or is it "just" OpenDNS blocking a8c.com?
I have the same issue in my companys network. I tried to access the css url manually. And the a8c.com domian is blocked.
I'm running into the same issue. I also use opendns. What is a8c.com anyway?
Kirb, as tobias noted the reason I mentioned a8c.com in my post is that at least one of the stylesheets in Wordpress blogs seem to be hosted there. A quick check last night showed me that a8c.com is hosted on Wordpress.com servers, and that OpenDNS was in fact blocking that website based on pornographic content - probably a misunderstanding.
At any rate the issue seems to have been cleared up. I didn't see anything in the news about the issue (maybe I used poor search terms) and a8c.com is still blocked by OpenDNS.com and Wordpress has changed the location of the "offending" stylesheet, freeing up their blogs so they look right again.
Whatever's going on with A8C.com might take some time to clear up with OpenDNS.com so Wordpress' response to move the stylesheet was a great idea.
Thanks man Keep up the great posts.