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| Category | Policy |
|---|---|
| **Allowed** | Comparative theology, historical analysis, criticism of institutions, discussion of controversial texts, documentary quotation with context, debates over interpretation |
| **Restricted** | Legacy propaganda-like material, extremist-adjacent archives, graphic or hateful passages, manifestos, or shocking images; these require editorial framing, warnings, partial quotation, and often `noindex` |
| **Prohibited** | Praise, recruitment, fundraising, operational support, or glorification for violent extremist or criminal groups; targeted hatred; credible threats; doxxing; harassment; unlawful content; links whose primary purpose is recruitment or glorification |

That policy should mirror the common-sense line used by large platforms: educational and documentary context may be allowed, but praise, promotion, recruitment, or aid are not. It should also be explicit that community spaces may not be used to coordinate harassment or cross-platform interference. citeturn32view3turn17search2turn33view2

Operationally, moderation should be phased:

- **Before launch:** publish Terms, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Editorial Standards, Copyright / DMCA policy, and an escalation protocol.
- **At launch:** disable open comments; use a contact form, newsletter replies, or curated letters instead.
- **Later:** if comments are enabled, make first-time commenters enter a moderation queue.
- **For forums:** use Discourse trust levels, watched words, moderator dashboards, and role-based permissions; trust levels are specifically designed to sandbox new users and grant broader powers gradually. citeturn33view0turn33view1

A useful starting rule set is:

- No praise or justification of violence.
- No support or links intended to recruit, radicalize, or fund violent groups.
- No attacks on people based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexuality, disability, or other protected traits.
- No doxxing, stalking, intimidation, or pile-ons.
- No raw archive uploads without editorial review.
- No legal, medical, or safety advice presented as authoritative without sourcing.
- All moderator actions logged; clear appeal path; immediate escalation for credible threats.

That governance posture is not overkill. It is the minimum viable operating system for a controversial-topic site that wants to stay lawful, searchable, and fundable. citeturn32view3turn32view0turn33view2turn31view5

## UX, IA, technology, and monetization

The user experience should move from **shock-and-file-drop** to **orientation-and-depth**. Readers arriving on the domain should immediately understand what the site is, how to begin, and what editorial frame governs the material. Navigation should privilege learning paths, archive context, and clear editorial categories rather than miscellaneous tools.

The recommended top-level sitemap is below.

' ' ' mermaid
graph TD
    Home["Home"]
    Home --> Start["Start Here"]
    Home --> Learn["Learn"]
    Home --> Archive["Archive"]
    Home --> Essays["Essays"]
    Home --> FAQ["FAQ / Glossary"]
    Home --> Community["Community"]
    Home --> Support["Support"]

    Start --> Mission["What this site is"]
    Start --> Standards["Editorial standards"]
    Start --> Warnings["Archive and content warnings"]

    Learn --> Scripture["Antichrist in Scripture"]
    Learn --> Traditions["Tradition comparisons"]
    Learn --> Timeline["Timeline of interpretation"]
    Learn --> Terms["Glossary"]

    Archive --> Legacy["Legacy texts with context"]
    Archive --> Sources["Primary sources"]
    Archive --> Notes["Editorial annotations"]

    Essays --> Theology["Theology"]
    Essays --> Culture["Culture and politics"]
    Essays --> Tech["Technology and apocalypse"]

    Community --> Rules["Community guidelines"]
    Community --> Letters["Letters / curated responses"]
    Community --> Forum["Forum"]
    
    Support --> Newsletter["Newsletter"]
    Support --> Members["Membership"]
    Support --> Donate["Donate"]
' ' ' 

This structure aligns with how readers and search engines discover content: clean hierarchies, strong internal linking, and clear breadcrumbs improve comprehension as well as crawlability. Google explicitly recommends designing for users first, using sitemaps and clear information architecture, and adding article, organization, and breadcrumb structured data where appropriate. citeturn29view0turn29view1turn29view3turn29view4turn29view5

On mobile and responsive design, the site should use one responsive codebase, not separate mobile and desktop experiences. Google indexes from the mobile version of content, recommends equivalent primary content and metadata across device views, and warns that reduced mobile content can lead to traffic loss. citeturn30view0

Accessibility should be treated as a core requirement, not a polish pass. WCAG 2.2 is the governing standard and explicitly aims to make content accessible across visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. The DOJ has also stated that businesses open to the public should make websites accessible under the ADA. Concretely, that means semantic headings, alt text, captions and transcripts, keyboard navigation, visible focus states, form labels, contrast testing, skip links, descriptive error handling, and accessible PDFs or HTML alternatives for all archive materials. citeturn30view1turn30view2turn31view0

Search and performance should be built into templates from day one. Google recommends high-quality, people-first content, technical crawlability, and strong page experience. Core Web Vitals targets worth engineering for are LCP under 2.5 seconds, INP under 200 ms, and CLS under 0.1. citeturn29view0turn29view1turn29view2

The technology choice should follow the editorial model.

Official product documentation shows that Ghost natively supports websites, newsletters, and paid subscriptions; WordPress remains highly extensible through plugins; Astro supports highly structured content collections with type safety; and Discourse offers moderation tools, trust levels, SEO-friendly community pages, and data ownership/export. citeturn27view3turn18search13turn18search4turn18search0turn18search3turn27view4turn33view0turn33view1

| Option | Best for | Advantages | Tradeoffs | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Astro + Git/content collections + static hosting** | Archive-heavy editorial site with relatively small team | Fast, secure, minimal attack surface, strong content modeling, excellent performance | More custom build work for memberships and comments | **Best default** |
| **Ghost** | Publication + newsletter + paid member model | Natively supports memberships, newsletters, paid subscriptions, and branding control | Less ideal for complex archival taxonomies than a custom static build | Best if recurring reader revenue is the core objective |
| **Managed WordPress** | Larger editorial team needing broad plugin ecosystem | Familiar CMS, broad ecosystem, easy editor training | Higher plugin/security overhead, more maintenance discipline required | Good only with tight plugin governance |
| **Discourse on a subdomain** | Comments, forum, Q&A, community governance | Strong moderation primitives, trust levels, searchable public knowledge base | Requires moderator staffing and operational overhead | Add later, not at first launch |

For hosting, the cleanest fit for the recommended Astro-style build is static/global hosting with preview environments, such as Cloudflare Pages or Netlify; AWS is also viable for teams comfortable with more operational control. The important thing is not the logo on the host, but the operating posture: automated deploys, preview environments, backups/versioning, and minimal public admin surface. citeturn19search0turn19search6turn19search19

Security should be conservative. Use HTTPS everywhere; Let’s Encrypt provides free TLS certificates and automated certificate management. Design the app and workflows against current web security risks identified by OWASP, and apply strong identity controls for admin and moderator accounts using current NIST digital identity guidance.citeturn36view3turn36view0turn36view2

A concise security baseline should include:

- HTTPS with automatic certificate renewal.
- MFA for all admin/editor/moderator accounts.
- Minimal plugin footprint.
- Staging and preview environments for every deploy.
- Daily backups and rollback testing.
- Dependency update cadence and vulnerability monitoring.
- Content Security Policy, rate limiting, spam filtering, and a WAF/CDN layer.
- Separate archive storage from live editorial publishing where feasible.
- Centralized moderation and security logs.