My site has a big UCG component. What should I do to not get blocked?

asked Jan 18 at 21:27

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Amir S
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What countries are you targeting ? The answer varies widely depending on that ... :)

(Jan 18 at 22:00) Habib Haddad ♦♦ Habib%20Haddad's gravatar image

I do not know which countries have what rules. Is there a list somewhere?

(Jan 18 at 23:06) Amir S Amir%20S's gravatar image

It's UGC not UCG - User Generated Content

(Jan 19 at 17:49) Samir 2 Samir%202's gravatar image

In Arab world, the worst block system is Saudi proxy, it's content based, so one word that exists on their blacklist filter can block your whole site. One of my sites (feed agreagtor) get blocked because of that. Other countries in this area don't block you if you if they don't find anything against their policy, so be aware of that and always watch your users data.

answered Jan 18 at 22:20

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Khaled Al Hourani
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بعض الدول العربية تتشارك قاعدة بياناتها للمواقع المحجوبة مع بعض. لذلك لو تم حجب موقع في السعودية، مثلا، يمكن أن يحجب في الدول الأخرى لو تم تبادل تحديث قاعدة البيانات قبل إلغاء الحجب.

(Jan 18 at 22:43) Mohammed SAHLI ♦ Mohammed%20SAHLI's gravatar image

How do you get unblocked if it does happen in Saudi?

(Jan 18 at 23:07) Amir S Amir%20S's gravatar image

@محمد: في موقع غيوم تم حجب الموقع لستة أشهر في السعودية أما باقي الدول فشغال تمام! لا أظن في تبادل إلا لبعض المواقع الساسية أو هي مغضوب عليها بشكل جماعي :)

@Amir: I didn't, I tried millions of ways, no way to contact them they are like died people, they don't respond to email, phone, website!

(Jan 18 at 23:13) Khaled Al Hourani Khaled%20Al%20Hourani's gravatar image

Follow up question: Is there a known tool that would tell you if your site is blocked in a certain geography?

answered Jan 18 at 23:10

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Candide ♦
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I don't think so, it's not an easy task or tool because there are technical issues like proxy and networking. I use twitter a lot, so my friends in KSA told me that it's blocked.

(Jan 18 at 23:18) Khaled Al Hourani Khaled%20Al%20Hourani's gravatar image

It may be a good project idea in this area :)

(Jan 18 at 23:20) Khaled Al Hourani Khaled%20Al%20Hourani's gravatar image

Try Herdic Web: http://www.herdict.org/web/

(Jan 18 at 23:22) Mohammed SAHLI ♦ Mohammed%20SAHLI's gravatar image

Definitely a good startup idea in our part of the world! :)

Thanks Mohammed for the link... very cool crowd-sourcing concept, but still won't tell me if we're blocked in Syria though!

(Jan 18 at 23:34) Candide ♦ Candide's gravatar image

Building a content-based website as a startup, is a very tough decision. So many things you should take care of, such as censorship. To overcome this obstacle, you shall know how to "hold the stick from the middle" .

answered Jan 19 at 03:52

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Mohammad Alfares
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Any tips you can share on the best practices in doing that ?

(Jan 19 at 03:56) Habib Haddad ♦♦ Habib%20Haddad's gravatar image

Well, it depends on why you made this content-based startup. For investment? you know what you shouldn't write about, or how to write about them if necessary. The details are hard to gather :)

(Jan 19 at 04:13) Mohammad Alfares Mohammad%20Alfares's gravatar image

What if it's just something like a forum, how do you make sure that your users don't put bad stuff that will be blocked. You need a lot of moderators, do you pay them ?

(Jan 19 at 16:40) Samir 2 Samir%202's gravatar image

No, they do volunteer

(Feb 12 at 15:00) Mohammad Alfares Mohammad%20Alfares's gravatar image
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