Make Sure You Get Your Library's Porn Site Before I Do

The registration for the new ".xxx" (dot ex ex ex) domain has begun.  ".com's" (dot com's) dirty uncle, approved a few months ago, has begun the registration process to existing websites and known names for anywhere between $150 to $300ish.  The domain will be in general use beginning sometime next year.  BBC via Geekologie

Now, after an uncomfortable shuffle or a nervous chuckle, here's what you should be thinking:  What does this have to do with me and my library?  What would all you respectable libraries do if I owned the following addresses:  www.nypl.xxx, www.publiclibraries.xxx, www.lapl.xxx, www.hclib.xxx, and www.ipl.xxx. What would happen if I did not link them to their nice, respectable ".com" or ".org" counterparts, but instead to www.bannedlibrary.xxx, which I assure you will not be kittens sneezing.  

Your move, people with class.

Time to Update That Web Nanny: Dot XXX Approved

No, not this one.

As the genius Dr. Cox once said, "I'm fairly sure if they took porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left, and it'd be called 'Bring Back the Porn!'"

Well, the domain ".xxx" has been approved for use across the Internet and will be implemented sometime this year.  Now, for those of you not in the know, well, it makes it much easier to find pornography on the Internet.  Yep, no more hard searches to find what makes your toes curl, just imply Rule 34 and add .xxx to the end of it.  Examples:  sex.xxx, porn.xxx, and bannedlibrary.xxx  Be afraid, folks.

So, what does that mean for libraries?  Actually, if you think about it, it makes our jobs a little easier.  While not all websites hot-to-trot will do the switch and the switch is not required, many will switch and will redirect to the new domains.  This makes blocking them from library and home computers unbelievably simple.  Before, the tech peoples had to reach into their dirtiest of minds to come up with search terms to block.  Now, all they will have to do is add a small "*.xxx" to the block and whammo, less porn to watch out for.  This may be the most revolutionary thing to happen to the Internet.

Washington Post