This site will be geared towards the very ignorant, people who are not interested in politics and don't follow the news. Unfortunately they make up the majority in our country and for real change to happen we need them on our side. I find that when I link people to information that is accurate & interesting, it gets discredited either by the domain that its on (FIGHT-THE-NWO type stuff), the ads on the site (DEATH CAMPS IN AMERICA), stuff like that. So I bought this domain, IfEveryoneKnew.com, and I wanna initially just put 5 facts on it that I think would change how the average person sees the world. Each of these points have to be backed up by official sources -- government documents, congressional testimony, very mainstream news articles, etc. The point of this site is to be debunk proof. This high standard of proof is what makes this a very difficult task but I think it's worth it.

Another problem I want to address is when I link people to things is that in the age of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter... they're probably only going to read the headline, a few sentences, and if it doesn't grab their attention right then, they close the tab and go back to watching cat videos. So I've organized it in a way that I think wastes very little time in getting the most important points out there, and they have the option of reading more on any given topic they're interested in by clicking on it. The resulting text is short (in comparison to the information it gets across) and cites all its sources in case they don't believe it.

I feel like yet another reason much of our information doesn't take off as good as we hope is because there's a negative stigma about being aware of "conspiracy theories" and sharing them. All of us have made the leap and the stigma doesn't really affect us. But if the information is to spread on its own, we need to somehow not fall into the conspiracy theory trap and instead make it socially acceptable to spread this information without looking like a political junkie or a kook. So that's why I want to be very selective in the topics I cover... no UFO's, no 9/11 (its still being debated), etc. It all has to be pretty concrete stuff where theres no room for interpretation or argument. If all goes well it should be socially acceptable to share this site and difficult to make fun of those who do share it. The general design is meant to mimic something like a newspaper or textbook (trust me, I hate serif fonts as much as the next guy).

I consider myself a pretty good web designer but I need help with topic selection and doing the research & writing. You can probably tell that with the only point I have sorta-completed, it doesn't read like a polished article should. I'm not a very good writer but I'm trying.

Thanks for the interest, everyone. I'll try to reply to everything the best I can...

Originally posted by moonpie86
Well done to you for taking an active stance against ignorance. I have checked out your link to your site and subscribed to this thread, and hope to watch it grow.

Thanks.

Originally posted by moonpie86
-> There definately needs some colour put in. I do not say this because I am a girl and love floral print I say this because people are attracted to colour (especially certain colours) , bright lights etc. Imagery.
Imagery and sound and colour should play an important role on your website. Your website is designed for the quick grab of attention, so it should incorporate some known truths in regards to human attraction.

I'll see what I can do, but I was sorta aiming for your textbook/reference book type look to give it that "legit" feel. Some color might help though, I'll try some stuff out and see how it goes.

Originally posted by moonpie86
--> Personally, i would like to see on here some information about the evils in the home.Its great to make the public aware of whats happening at a Government level, but I believe that most people are self centred... If it doesn't affect them directly they simply do not care. Perhaps some information about the ORIGINS OF ELECTRICITY, Tesla vs. Edison, electro magnetic fields and free energy. At this time, I think promoting free energy etc will go far, and bringing awareness to people who have not thought about the fact they are spending hundreds of dollars a month for something they do not understand.

What is some of the stuff surrounding Tesla/Edison, free energy and EMF fields that you think I should include? I'm not too familiar with that stuff, other than knowing Tesla was waaay ahead of his time, Edison was a ripoff and that's about it.

Originally posted by moonpie86
--> THE INTERNET - since they are on it, it should interest them. Mention of ETERNAL SEPTEMBER, graphic userface/ Google being a net dragged over a very very deep ocean indeed etc.How you never used to have to pay for it. Perhaps maybe a mention of how when you click and accept a facebook app, you are allowing that company to use all of your details/photos for their own purposes/facebook cannot control this.

Hmm that internet idea is pretty good. I remember seeing some interesting stuff about how Google + Facebook got their startup money from companies and firms with ties to the CIA, and how important their data would be to TPTB. There was also a video from Fox News from maybe 5 or 6 years ago about how since the CIA/NSA/FBI can't legally gather all this data on people without warrants, they would purchase this data (transactions, call logs, etc.) from private companies as a end run around the Constitution, being as it only limits what the government can do and not the private sector.

Originally posted by Asktheanimals
My # 1 issue would be the Federal Reserve system and the International banking cartels.
The Bailouts and things like the BCCI scandal are well researched and easy to present.
Follow the money and you will find the real conspirators.
Nearly all major stories and conspiracies will tie in with the financial world at some point.

I actually included it up at #1 initially, and started writing an article and doing research on it, but I felt like there was just too much I wanted to cover (the failed attempts at central banking from the colonial period up till now), that I was afraid it wouldn't be able to hold the visitors attention. I figure I got like a 5-10 sec window to grab their attention or not, and that's where they decide whether or not they'll read the whole page. But I was thinking of including the Fed + some other legit conspiracies on a Page 2. I'm thinking if I got them clicking over onto a new page, they're already hooked so the pressure of keeping them interested is a little less severe.

Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Short videos (5 mins or less) on the home page would be desirable IMO.

What about including a short conspiracy quiz to help people find out what they don't know?
Games and tests are a good way to get interest and disseminate information.

Finally, I would ask what your motivation is. Do you plan to have a page explaining why you are doing this?
Will you include basic documents such as the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta etc?

You might try finding the demographics on what topics garner the most interest.
A few searches on ATS might reveal much about that subject.

The videos sounds like a good idea, assuming they are professionally done and "feel right" in regards to the site. Quizzes and games are good ideas too for things to add down the road, but right now I'm trying to just get the initial 5 points done.

My motivation is mainly because I feel like if people knew about 5 or 10 real things that really happened, they'd start to really question what they are being told. For me, hearing about staged attacks or being lied into war sounded like crazy talk. The gov't is here to help us, right? Then when I learned about some of the things they admit to -- like CoIntelPro, MKUltra, Gulf of Tonkin, etc. it didn't seem so far fetched anymore. I think it'll get them interested and they'll start doing their own research and may even end up here on ATS like I have. This isn't a money making venture, I don't plan on ever putting ads on the site or anything like that. I do think it would be neat to offer downloads (flyers and stuff) that people can advertise with, but it'll be all free. People think I'm crazy but I think the best place you could stick a flyer is on the inside of a bathroom stall... I mean, they ain't going anywhere.

About the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, etc. I may include those as "Further reading" or something, but I don't plan on making them a central part of the site. They're great and I think people should read them, but my target audience probably don't share the same opinion.

I tried my best to pick topics which I think the avg non-political person will be interested in. I'd love to do a demographics quiz but the tough thing about that is given the nature of the material, I'm likely to just get trolled if I go posting this on your avg political forum or sports forum or anything. I'm not sure if polling the ATS audience would yield accurate data given this is a conspiracy-centered forum, but it couldn't hurt either I guess.

Originally posted by moonpie86
Also as a quick note, is this website designed for americans only? I got that vibe.

They are kinda my target audience atm, from what I find though most conspiracy type stuff does center around what the US government is doing instead of any others. I've taken steps to make it as accessible as possible though, if your browser or keyboard layout is set to anything other than English, the site should show a Google Translate widget in the upper right hand corner, with access to 30 translations or so.

Originally posted by davespanners
Heres a good link for establishing some of the dates and such of the mergers and a brief history. link

I find a conversational style works well with these kind of short articles.
If I were writing it I might start out with a question to the reader like

"Have you ever got the feeling that news you are watching might not be as unbiased as it seems?" ... we'll heres why.

Or something along those lines

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Originally posted by ayoss
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Thanks, that website has a ton of good stuff on it.

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Thanks for the U2U. I found out that the iPhone doesn't support that JS feature I was using to check window width to change the layout, so I ended up using jQTouch to make a mobile version of the site.

The site is final. I could make a email form instead of relying on a mailto link, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it stands now.

Here's how it looks on iPhone now:

If you ever have to do a mobile version of a website, I highly recommend jQTouch. It gives your webpage a native app look, complete with animations and all kinds of fun stuff that a native app has.

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