Comments on: TiVo Pulls Web Page Promoting FOTF’s SuperDads Contest

By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:00:42 +0000

No wonder there’s a bias against gay dads: every gay dad is silenced.

By: AlexM

AlexM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:38:05 +0000

Ok, while testing the few anonymous proxy servers that I could get to work, I found one that didn’t go through. But when I went back to surfing normally (not through proxy), I found that it didn’t work for me again (I had turned my cache off while testing). What it did for me was redirect from http://www.tivo.com/promo/kidzone/fotf.html to http://www.tivo.com/promo/kidzone/kzoffer.html.
Also, when it was still coming through normally, it got redirected that way when I checked through a FreeBSD (a type of Unix operating system) server I have access to, on a different ISP (QWest, also in ND).

I’m still scratching my head on this one.

By: GDad

GDad — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:23:33 +0000

I can’t find anything on the TiVo web site about it at all. The site map and any links turn up nothing.

Firefox, WinXP, not sure of ISP.

By: AlexM

AlexM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:54:23 +0000

You posted when I was typing, Jim. Windows, both Firefox and IE shows it, and Midconet in North Dakota.

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:52:04 +0000

Jim: I’ve written you about this, but I wanted to post it here as well:

It seems that we are being redirected on the basis of our IP address. I figured this out because when I try and load the Tivo/FOF site via my iPhone connected to our Wi-FI network, the site will not load. However, when I go off the network and connect to the collective Edge net (therefore no longer associated with our homebase IP), I can load the site just fine.

http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/06/is-tivo-being-s.html

By: AlexM

AlexM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:49:52 +0000

As I said before, I’m still waking up. Yes, the page that comes up is all about Kidzone, and says that TiVo is working with FotF for Kidzone. I haven’t tested my ‘location’ theory yet. Let me finish my coffee.

By: Jim Burroway

Jim Burroway — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:46:47 +0000

Some people are reporting that the site is up, while others say its down. A mystery. Here are some questions we’d like you to answer in the comments:

1. Does TiVo’s page load for you?

2. Is this the first time you tried accessing the web page at TiVo?

3. Did you clear your browsers’ cache and/or deleted cookies? Do you get a different result if you do?

4. Please specify which browser, operating system, and internet provider is giving you your results.

By: werdna

werdna — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:43:31 +0000

The linked page loads for me using both Firefox and Safari on my iMac. But it’s not a promo for the contest, it’s just an ad for TiVo that says “Welcome Focus on the Family” and touts the KidZone feature.

By: AlexM

AlexM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:32:10 +0000

I followed your link, page there. I cleared my cache, hit reload, still there. It is possible to set up a web server to selectively block or allow access to certain pages depending on ip/location. I just got up, so let me wake up before I hunt down public web proxies to test my theory out.

By: G-A-Y

G-A-Y — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:22:51 +0000

Yea, I did.