When we began to work on PlusBrothers web site we did not expect to become somehow popular, so we left all content policies as our last priority.
But time has come and we got to the conclusion that a content and links regulation is necessary.
No ads here
Advertising services do not care about digital accessibility very much so we have decided not to rely on online ads: given that this site is technically maintained by a blind person, implementing a poorly accessible feature could have meant hurting ourselves.
Then, with algorithm-based announcements, it’s even more difficult to have complete control on what campaigns are randomly selected on our site: be it gambling, be it sexually explicit contents, our web space is not their place.
Not to mention the strict rules we should respect to monetize our efforts: “create family-friendly contents”. How could we talk about HIV without saying “sex” at least once?
We are not an adult-only blog but talking like children because ads owners want us to, isn’t an option at all.
Our platform is against any form of spam: if we discuss on other blogs or social platforms, it’s uniquely to join a conversation, with no malicious intention. Until we can afford it, everything is paid by our own pockets.
Content policy
We have a strict moderation on comments as statistics are clear: the pages where we explain what this site talks about, are the less visited and the direct consequence is having some readers who misunderstand our irony, exchanging it for really happening facts.
Negative feedbacks are accepted if they try to propose us something to improve our project, but if they come to insult they’re not welcome at all.
In particular, we never accept:
- people thinking we promote deliberate HIV transmission (we already had some of these)
- AIDS denialism: someone thinking HIV does not exist or is harmless, antivirals are lethal and condoms are useless. If you think like this, our site is not your place.
- “A friend living with HIV? Why not, but he must stay far from my house and bed.” Perfect, so, you should stay away from our blog!
- “You two are seeking attention with your inflated ego.” Really? How big is yours, if you tell us we have an inflated ego?
- “Your irony is inappropriate.” Should we explain this site’s purpose again? No, already done. Thanks.
- any kind of angry or frustrated comment. Please, go to spread your toxic mood somewhere else.
If someone ever asks some advice about HIV and related stigma, we would gladly help if we can and, at the most, address them to the right people and associations. Remember we aren’t doctors or psychologists, by the way.
Our stories are all under Creative Commons non-commercial no-derivs 4.0, so, keep it in mind!
Links policy
Backlinks are permitted: if someone links to one of our posts on their blog, we gladly accept – we have set up the pingback function so whenever someone links us, we’ll be notified.
At the same time, if we find something interesting in other blogs, we link to them because external resources give more help to people in need, where we have not enough skill to discuss a certain topic.
What’s not permitted is the so-called “artificial backlink”: if yours is a food blog and our site is about HIV, why on Earth should we link one another?
When backlinks become dangerous
you are a hater: in your blog you place a link to ours, inviting your reader to comment us with bad words. We’ll waste time in blocking bad posts or we even prevent from commenting. You also might link to your post called “Hitler Invades Venice”, writing “HIV” on the text by linking us, you’ll create a damage to us both in Search Engine Optimization and in reputation.