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afsjesse
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.
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 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: Nateon and the evil foreigner..... |
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So I just tried to sign up for nateon and as usual they wanted my waygookin card number and a sample of my blood to sign up. I asked my coteachers to help and they tried signing me up but it still wasnt working.
They called the company and said my card date wasnt matching up and that they needed to go to immigration in order for me to get an account!!!
Seriously what is it with the anti-foreign sentiment in this country....  |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Then don't use NateOn. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Nateon and the evil foreigner..... |
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| afsjesse wrote: |
So I just tried to sign up for nateon and as usual they wanted my waygookin card number and a sample of my blood to sign up. I asked my coteachers to help and they tried signing me up but it still wasnt working.
They called the company and said my card date wasnt matching up and that they needed to go to immigration in order for me to get an account!!!
Seriously what is it with the anti-foreign sentiment in this country.... |
Just remember these things are ad supported. The ads are primarily directed at Koreans who can read Korean and want things Koreans are interested in. White people are a very, very small market here in Korea. We ultimately consume system resources and don't much contribute to the demographics advertisers are trying to reach. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Judging by the number of hoops that Koreans have to go through, I'd say they just want to make sure that everyone who registers on the site is very easy to control. This is the Korean Internet after all, where the only freedom you have is access to personal information about everyone else on your website. |
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Hootsmon
Joined: 22 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Nateon and the evil foreigner..... |
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| afsjesse wrote: |
So I just tried to sign up for nateon and as usual they wanted my waygookin card number and a sample of my blood to sign up. I asked my coteachers to help and they tried signing me up but it still wasnt working.
They called the company and said my card date wasnt matching up and that they needed to go to immigration in order for me to get an account!!!
Seriously what is it with the anti-foreign sentiment in this country.... |
In this case, it might not be the evil foreigner syndrome. I know a few foreigners who signed up for Nate On. I use it myself, and never had any trouble - I was signed up over 2 years ago with the help of a Korean friend, no hassle, no fuss.
Do you have a Cyworld account? It might be easier if you have one of those first. That has to be set up over the phone I think (so need a Korean) but after that, it's easy to get a Nate On linked to your Cyworld page. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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If you work in a public school, they have blocked most of the common messenger programs like MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and NateOn. Fortunately there are ways around this, although I wish I knew a way to access NateOn while at school.
And they also have yet to block one that isn't too common on the Korean radar, but is well known elsewhere. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| If you work in a public school, they have blocked most of the common messenger programs like MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and NateOn. |
Not true. My school didn't block anything for my office LAN connection. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
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| If you work in a public school, they have blocked most of the common messenger programs like MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and NateOn. |
Not true. My school didn't block anything for my office LAN connection. |
Interesting. Maybe it's just region specific. Are they also not blocked on your CT's computer too? |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
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| If you work in a public school, they have blocked most of the common messenger programs like MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and NateOn. |
Not true. My school didn't block anything for my office LAN connection. |
Interesting. Maybe it's just region specific. Are they also not blocked on your CT's computer too? |
I have worked at several public schools, none of them blocked any chat programs. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| They started blocking them in September 2008. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Last year I signed up with NateOn no problem. I don't recall any special foreigner hoops. The thing that always gets me, though, and what I always forget to do at first is enter my name exactly as it appears on my ARC. So LAST FIRST MIDDLE rather than First Middle Last. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| Last year I signed up with NateOn no problem. I don't recall any special foreigner hoops. |
Me, too. Me, neither.
I'm even using the Mac beta without problems. |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| User error.. |
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i4NI
Joined: 17 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a cyworld (which i don't use) and a nateon account. Didn't have any problems |
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