Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much

Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by lucb1e on Friday February 22, 2013 @10:43AM (#5264718)

I see a load of porn sites. Just how does this Make The Internet Not Suck? (damn it's even more annoying to write incorrect casing than read it.) I thought this was going to block the fifty "Share this! Email this!" buttons on websites or something... If you don't visit porn websites, you won't visit these domains anyway; what's the point in blocking them in a huge hosts file?

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by ville on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:11AM (#5264947)

Shock sites (like the comments in the file call them) is probably more accurate word for the sites listed in the beginning.

And the majority of host names below them are for tracking and ad sites.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by EA on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:22AM (#5265025)

You never know where a URL redirection service (e.g., bit.ly) is going to send you.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by dfc on Friday February 22, 2013 @12:00PM (#5265224)

"Just how does this Make The Internet Not Suck? (damn it's even more annoying to write incorrect casing than read it.) "

With the exception of "The" the titling is just a proper use of titling case. Do you find it annoying to read newspapers? I imagine it is the awkward phrasing that you (and I) find annoying.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by ville on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:09AM (#5264933)

Shock sites (like the comments in the file call them) is probably more accurate word for the sites listed in the beginning.

And the majority of host names there are for tracking and ad sites.

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