Right before I was diagnosed with cancer I saw a post on Voat discussing suppressed treatments and potential cures. Suspecting the worst, I made note and began researching these options.
It turns out that many people have returned from the brink of death, cancer-free and to optimal health by using combinations of supplements, off-label/repurposed drugs and veterinary dewormers. These people are mostly older and not well-versed in social media options. Since they all have Facebook pages, the alternative cancer treatment Facebook groups are large and active.
The founder of one of the most popular groups just got a warning that their group is subject to being shut down. Another group, which was dedicated to helping people remove parasites was recently vanished and the founders were raided with their herbal products and computers seized. No charges (as they had done nothing wrong) but a bunch of old ladies harassed by a SWAT team and put out of business for going up against big pharma.
These groups contain huge amounts of valuable information, including files, links and thousands of posts detailing protocols and results.
I am looking for the best platform to migrate to with these members and the information. Need a forum that is simple to use with an easy search function and storage of files. Many of these people struggle with the functionality of Facebook (which I agree is counterintuitive).
Question: If you wanted to create a censorship-free safe space for the discussion of treating and curing cancer what platform would you use?
Thank you!
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Saturday405 ago
With consideration to your demographics:
I would use a message board. You'd have to grow your own to avoid censorship.
1) Register a domain name.
2) Get a free Amazon Web Server instance (you'll have to pay for a fixed IP and bandwidth).
3) Find a decent BBS software package.
4) Stand up the service and advertise it on Facebook.
5) Spend some time everyday policing the site for spam and illegal content.
You want something easy to use as your target audience already has enough to deal with. A message board is the easiest thing I can think of at the moment.
TheBone ago
This^. FB and YT may be the biggest bullies on the block but there are other ways to get the message out there. I know on one of the forums I used to frequent the monthly rental at GoDaddy was only about $10 to host that forum. Do something like that and advertise it elsewhere. It would be a good place for others to show their experiences with alt treatments. Expect it to get attacked, though, by shills and idjits looking to take ya down but you can fight back if ya put the time and effort into it. FB is just gonna screw ya at every corner.
Hopevoats ago
Thanks. The advertising is covered. I am looking for a refuge for these people who will be lost if the FB groups get shut down. Word of mouth will bring the ones who are not yet on my mailing list.
Not looking to profit, but also can't afford to spend a lot on a site. I guess I could set up a way to get members to donate towards the cost?
TheBone ago
Look into it hard. There's likely more help out there than you realize. Posts those links onto FB as long as it'll stay up and maybe it'll grow exponentially from there. The forum I mentioned was started because of another forum's moderating hypocritical bullshit and grabbed a bunch of their members to move over to the new forum and stayed valid for a long time before we all just got old and decided to shut it down but there was a lot of great info and opinions had while it was up. Where there's a will, there's a way and good luck.
Hopevoats ago
Thank you!