Most CTH readers are likely aware of the term “deplatforming.” Unfortunately, the big tech control mechanism to shut down speech & assembly has now arrived on our doorstep.
One week after the 2020 presidential election, The Conservative Treehouse received the following notification:
…”given the incompatibility between your site’s content and our terms, you need to find a new hosting provider and must migrate the site by Wednesday, December 2nd.
What does this mean? It means CTH is being kicked-off the WordPress website hosting platform because the content of our research and discussion does not align with the ideology of those who define what is acceptable speech and what is not.
What was our violation? After ten years of brutally honest discussion, opinion, deep research and crowdsourcing work -with undeniable citations on the events we outline- there is no cited violation of any term of service because CTH has never violated one.
The WordPress company is not explaining the reason for deplatforming because there is no justifiable reason for it. At the same time, they are bold in their position. Perhaps this is the most alarming part; and everyone should pay attention. They don’t care.
Truthful assembly is now the risk. CTH is now too big; with a site reach of 500,000 to a million unique readers each day; and with well over 200,000 subscribers; our assembly is too large, too influential, and presents a risk… we guard the flickering flame.
Ten years of work assembling a library of factual citations and explanations of those discoveries, positions CTH to be a leading force in the rebel alliance push-back. [Heck, that’s why this place was started… that was our purpose: “The Truth Has No Agenda.”] However, that also makes us a target; hence the deplatforming.
Accepting -at its core- this move is all about politics, this is yet another reference point in the tenuous nature of where we stand. There’s no hate-speech on this website; there’s no graphic, violent, foul or abusive speech here. The ‘content‘ of the Treehouse is the same discussion that happens around your kitchen table or back porch discussion with friends. We would never cheapen or insult that conversation with vulgarity because that’s not who we are… because that’s not who our nation is. So consider this next part very carefully…
The ‘content’ is not compatible with WordPress, the world’s largest website and blog hosting service. The content within the largest blog on that global platform is what has become troublesome. “The content”.
The content on these pages is simply an ongoing discussion about freedom with criticism against any political party or entity that diminishes it. Apparently, immediately after the 2020 election, that discussion became problematic. After writing about the COVID-19 agenda,…the notification: the website will be removed.
Let that settle in…. friends and adversaries alike. Think very hard about what exactly is being represented by these actions. That’s the bad news.
So what are we going to do?
First three priorities: #1 is the security of the site content and research files with over a decade of work; #2) ensuring the ability of our assembly to remain; #3) continue the mission.
In the past several days I have begun contacting people to inform and gather counsel on what is the best course of action. On a very positive note, the Rebel Alliance is stronger than ever and no amount of effort by Big Tech is going to be able to weaken the resolve or block the message.
We will take this challenge head-on and we will use this attack against our freedom as fuel to launch CTH 2.0, a new version of The Conservative Treehouse.
I have no idea yet what it will look like… hopefully not too dissimilar to what we are already comfortable with. However, a lot has changed in the technological world since 2010/2011. There are many new and innovative ways to develop, build and create proprietary platforms.
I don’t like anything about having to be forced to do this. Readers here know I prefer comfortable quality that lasts a long time; but there is no alternative. We are being kicked-off WordPress and will have to assemble on a platform that allows free expression, free thought and free ideas to be shared, valued and appreciated.
Additionally, as I look at preliminary options for Treehouse 2.0, one guiding element is priority: I will continue to work earnestly to be deserving of your support and fellowship.
When this site was launched it was for all of us. A refuge, a place of comfort:
However each of us got here, it’s probably a fact that we have the turmoil of those storms in common, perhaps some unease that we could share and always, we also find fresh ground to cover from day to day. We’re developing valuable relationships as we trust one another in our community in the woods. The chatting in the branches encourages, strengthens and equips for some serious walking.
We think the Treehouse is a good armory for those who doing long distance walking for the sake of our nation. We hope you’ll think so, too. Find yourself a good branch….or just pull up a rock to the campfire.
YOU are what matters!
We have shared laughs. We have lost friends. We have lost family together. We have comforted each-other. We have prayed together… and we have sat still together. Sometimes we are not able to find the words of comfort, yet we know it is just as valuable to be there, quietly, steadfast and eliminate the loneliness. We have cried together and rejoiced in each-other’s milestones… This is the source of my resolve.
We have achieved great victories; confronted injustice; done incredible crowdsourcing work that has made lives better, and we have successfully found the truth behind a multitude of frauds and schemes. Let there be no doubt, that will continue.
I have been somewhat quiet lately as I try to figure out what exactly is the next thing to do. Much like our nation, there is trepidation all around us. It is likely that CTH will look different and we may have to engage and learn some new stuff. But it will be OK.
The rebel alliance is strong… and we are angry.
.
Port your site over to:
https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
They are one of the most reasonable in terms of cost, and they don’t censor.
I have servers with over 100 TB of bandwidth monthly.
I have several Roku channels.
I’d love to help.
Sundance,
Hope this helps.
https://www.devradius.com/blog/post/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-website-to-drupal-8
Add them to the list…
Iceland?
Disappointing, and sorry to hear, SD. let us know how we can help.
Angry enough to do what, though? Once again, our cold anger results in us quietly accepting the rules doled out to us and moving further into the corner, which is the expressed desire of these fascists.
That is the consent of the governed.
Money. It will be expensive. They need terabytes of offline storage to preserve their past.
You really think Sundance doesn’t backup his content? What am I missing?
Read the article. It sounds like they want to archive the site. Articles, sure, but comments, stars, etc. maybe not. Another content provider I know complained that her site host shut her down and deleted content that she was having trouble restoring. Fer sure, fer sure is why the Valley Girl takes 2 pills and you should have 2 backups.
Sundance, thank you for your strong patriot spirit. I just donated $100. This move wont be cheap.
Did same. Donating is easy with Paypal.
As soon as I read this, I donated!
The time will come when we will no longer be polite;
in fact, I can see it coming from here.
(In Antarctica, of course)
We’re still somewhat polite…. for now. But that’s only because we’re still confident that Trump will be able to pull this out. If not?
This post is inviting serious critique and creativity on what WE can do.
Whatever we do needs to be something that does not violate the Constitution, law, or spirit of freedom. We need to act consistently with the ideals we are defending and desire for our nation to return to. [grammar notwithstanding]
We know over half the voters in the USA support Trump. Even more who voted otherwise or weren’t eligible to vote, still support freedom of expression and public debate. The neo-Marxists and Deep Staters may be wired for amplification, but they’re not more than 20% of the population.
Odds are then (correct me if I’m correct Fox News), nearly half of all WordPress hosted sites are “owned” by people who share our sensibilities about freedom, and would not support WordPress’s decision.
Does WordPress host a support forum for their site owners? Could anyone with a WP site start a thread on it, inviting posters to simply list sites they know of that are being deplatformed? Post no comments… no descriptions… no judgements… just invite people to post the names of WP sites being deplatformed.
If the administrators of the forum remove the list, someone else starts a similar thread. Sooner or later the admin will have to post a warning that informing others about deplatformed WP sites is not allowed on the WP site—and then they’ve outed themselves to their customers.
CTH is a vanguard of our Republic.
Godspeed
I’m sorry for this great loss. In the end, you will win. We will win! If God is for us, who can be against us?
This verse comes to mind as far as the importance of persisting through difficulties and staying focused on top priorities, rather than be distracted or disabled by despair as the realties associated with what is to come unfolds:
John 9:4 — “It behooves us to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one is able to work.“
Recently I’ve been doing considerable reading in the “tough passages” of Scripture which certainly occur in abundance in the Old Testament (and the Psalms) but are also sprinkled through the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament….the reason I’ve been choosing that reading is so that I would feel as normal as possible….that even though events are horrible, our lives continue to be valuable and our choice of believing we were created by God and have individual sovereignty–that remains. The truths of the Declaration of Independence remain. Yes.
The kind of betrayals and deceptions we are impacted by are nothing new. They hate us, but it really isn’t about us. This has been going on for a very, very, very long time. It helps me to feel a little less crazy to settle into that.
I agree, Sharon. The Psalms are a great source of comfort, calmness and the sense that we are not alone in dealing with Evil (and that includes you RINOs out there…We Know). The Psalms, with the Lord’s prompting, got me started on a prayer post.
Today, I’m crying for us all and esp for Sundance, AdRem and the crew…but tomorrow Cold Anger will be back in place with a newer and urgent meaning of “The Tree of Liberty”, the one our Founding Fathers had to deal with.
His Truth Is Marching On. For God and Country.
So sorry.. I would miss this site more than any others.. Hopefully I won’t have to.. Keep up the good fight…God Bless you
Wherever you end up, I will find you. 🙂
Excellent, David, excellent. We will find CTH and each other and will gain great strength as righteous warriors.
me too
Wow, and so it begins?
So how will we be notified as to where to go? How does that work? Shall I delete WordPress now or wait?
If we have donated in the past – or will today – then CTH will have our email addresses.
WordPress is history for me. I will cancel everything with them as of December 3.
Ditto here prtomr. i have been a WP member since 2011. I will not renew; finished. Tired of all this f’n BS!!
I have a site here too which will be cancelled dec3 forever – no looking back ?
May Treepers have WordPress Accounts.
Calm down. CTH has about three weeks here. Plenty of time for Sundance to keep us posted.
While that may be true from what they said I would not be surprised if they accelerated the timeline.
I’m sure Sundance has been working on this, and it is no surprise. Give the man a little time to do what he needs to do, and he’ll take care of the rest of us as soon as practicable.
Yup. Untrustworthy.
Start now to find the unique URLs of the blogs you follow. Find the other places they post and apps they use. One show I listen to has over 6 places to find them. And donate.
Yes, donate when you can. Very important.
This pretty much confirms the difficulties you’ve endured here in the past few months with technical issues is purposeful on their part.
Just donated.. Thanks for a great site. I really appreciate your work.
Godspeed, dear friend. My prayers are with you.
The Ministry of Truth is no longer a fictional government agency. We are living through the pages of 1984, and the picture of our future is beginning to look like a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.
ROLL YOUR OWN, use craftcms you can import all your content from WordPress the tools are already there to do it. The writing was on the wall. Or run wordpress on your own server like Digital Ocean or Forge instead of on their platform.
Apparently our enemies think they are the only ones that can make lists.
The Coup shall fail.
Tin Pot Dictators have more savvy than Big Tech.
Where they live and where they store data. That, is their Achilles’ Throat.
And Orville, don’t forget, Trump will win the recount and audit.
Dox these People. Corporate officers, management, I.T., etc. – all of them. Phone numbers addresses colleagues cohorts and associates. Pull back the curtain and expose the actors with sunlight. Fund James O’kefe – Project Veritas. Infiltrate, push reserves, encircle the frontline. A massive army of first-wave patriots has already answered your calls.
Are they kicking you off the hosting site or WordPress entirely? Because you can usually switch hosting and still use WordPress. You can download the whole site as an archive and reinstall it elsewhere as is, then redirect the domain name.
You go Jana!!!!
Yeah, this sounds like the first way to examine this …. hosting vs the interactive interface we are using here. That’s a big difference.
Why would Sundance want to “still use WordPress”? T
Yeah. The Silver lining IS moving off WordPress. The user interface is outdated, to be kind.
Seriously. Once we’ve moved into our new home, hopefully with totally independent control, we have a lot of work to do. But I suggest a little side-project be the destruction of WordPress. 😉 Sorta like we’re currently doing to Fox.
This is horrible, do you have an IT guy that knows how to switch ALL the content over?
Is this site a wp.com or .org site?
I have a few .org sites where I pay for hosting and I have a guy in Atlanta handle all of it.
If you want his contact info let me know DM on twitter is probably best, but my email is
[email protected] where I will be glad to send you his contact information.
It’s not cold anger anymore!
Gonna missed CTH. Keep us posted and we will follow.
Nah, there are many options.
Gates of Vienna, Vlad Tepes, others listed on the blogroll here have had to relocate. A bit of stumbling in the beginning, but it turns out ok.
This just reinforces our fighting spirit: a virtual kick to the gut that even keyboard warriors have to absorb. There are no bystanders in this war.
This has done more than reinforce our spirit. It has exposed our assailant.
This doesn’t hurt us really, it further reinforces our commitment to continue to rally.
Personally it motivates me more, it fuels my resolve when I get through venting I will donate!!!
That’s the affect it had on me, all I can hear is the roar
We need antitrust legislation and we need it now.
We need civil rights law enforcement. What is happening is a first amendment free speech issue. It is happening everywhere, even to the President of the United States. Maybe what we really need is a revolution.
Can’t count on paid-off politicians by Tech, to get Tech back in line.
And a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is desperately needed. imo
Go to Gab.com. It is an excellent site and they own their own infrastructure so they cannot get deplatformed !
I would agree with this, with the caveat that there will be growing pains.
SD, is this the platform hosted by Automattic ?
Horrifying, but not surprising??.Like the lockdowns, meant to isolate us. But won’t work. We’ll pop up elsewhere.
I am so sorry!! This is horrendous news. Suggest you stay away from “gofundme” as they will shut down any fundraising objectives. These leftists and communists are insidious.
As my #1 connection to the larger world, I am sorry that this is happening and undeservedly so.
Best of luck(for all of us) in finding the next location for CTH. I, among many many others, am sure to follow.
Sundance … donation sent. These things are costly. It’s not a lot, but darn, gotta do something.
Heck, we ALL can chip in.
No worries …. thank you Sundance for all you do for us, and America. We WILL prevail. Freedom runs deep in American DNA.
Civil rights violation? Will somebody champion this?
Lin Wood!
Samizdat
Well, darn. Learning new things is very hard for me, but I.WILL.DO.IT. I think we all knew this was coming at some point. Wherever CTH goes, I will be there.
Yes, sad but hardly shocking. The most surprising thing, is the boldness in their timing.
I’m sure (at least I hope) WP will be dead to most of us in the near future.
I agree with you.
Years ago SD and the mods WARNED US that Conservative voices were being silenced, one at a time. But, with all their efforts to keep the conversations civil here, I thought NO WAY will this site be destroyed. Boy was I WRONG.
Just like Trump, the Treehouse is falling prey to the censorship of the Left, via Big Tech. And, just this past week Nancy Pelosi openly called for censorship of FACEBOOK, of all things… AS IF FACEBOOK WASN’T ALREADY HEAVILY CENSORED!
This is a dark day. A VERY DARK DAY.
This is pretty much my only connection to sanity, so I hope something is figured out. I really didn’t expect it to come so soon.
After the last eight years, I grew accustomed to our little Treehouse and came to think it COULD withstand the forces that wiped out many others. But, seeing how YouTube, Twitter, GoFundMe, and just about every OTHER digital service have become tools of the Left, I should have seen this coming. And, considering just HOW ‘WONKY” WordPress has been of late, I suspected they were trying to get people SO FRUSTRATED with this site that we would just abandon it. (WP has been TERRIBLE the past 6 months or so)
I’ll be GLAD to abandon WP
So it was WP and not me? Well.
ha ha!
Currently, I cannot “Log into” WordPress from the CTH, and my “Notifications” bell doesn’t even appear. In order to read, respond (or like) any replies, I have to Google WordPress separately. It’s a total PAIN. AND, every time I try to comment, I have to enter my username, email address, and password.
E V E R Y T I M E.
it’s like WP is trying to discourage me from coming to the CTH! (at first I thought it was ad rem… LOL)
For a while I was having to do the same thing. Somebody told me to click on the wordpress icon under whatever comment you are trying to make. It worked. But, there are still strange things going on.
Yeah – I got rid of FB a year or so ago, Let me tell you, they don’t make it easy to leave.WTH? I persevered tho and finally made it to the finish line.
I don’t FB at all. My daughter wanted me to “Join the next generation” so she set up a FB acct FOR me. I never posted on it and only use it to “SPY” when names of perps appear in news stories. Ditto for Twitter, ever since an acct was suspended.
The most alarming thing I noticed is how Google tries to link all of those separate things together, even though great pains were made to keep them from overlapping.
Chilling isn’t it? There are fewer and fewer avenues for descent.
Yes, and the hammer will come down on more and more conservative sites. There is no freedom of speech anywhere. I will send a donation to Sundance. We must stay together in the treehouse. It is hands down the best place to go for what is happening in our country. No place like it. We would be lost and ill-informed without it.
https://youtu.be/FKLRD9U_Pd0
THIS IS WHY!
This video needs to go viral !
Breath Taking video
It was posted here awhile back and I saved it. I’ve previously sent it to everyone I know especially my kids.l
“When America is United, America is totally Unstoppable,…there should be no fear, We are protected, and We will be protected by God!” – President Donald J. Trump.
Love this video! Love my President Trump! Love the CTH!
When you have lost the debate, then try to win “By any means necessary”
The mantra for the anti-intellectual, anti-American left.
All fascists are bullies.
God bless Sundance!
Y’all have been an indispensable source of information, and enlightenment. Where ever you go we shall follow.
This is what they do in China. Wait…
Ad Rem, is it still safe to donate using the “Donate” in the yellow box? At least, may I do that today? (May not be able to on or after December 2…)
It is safe, so far! Donations go through PayPal.
Donations go directly to a PayPal account… the donation process has nothing to do with WordPress.
Remember, PayPal might cancel us, too. Be prepared.
You should cancel PayPal ASAP. They are anti 2nd amendment and will not process payments for firearms or firearm related accessories.
Then I’ll mail a monthly paper check. I can do Old Sk00L. :^p
there ya go!
Goes to Paypal. Let’s see if “they” cut CTH from the financial mechanisms too.
Very sad day. It may be time to go with a hybrid old school – new school approach and use PDF articles, or actual print, that people can capture and post on social media.
We cannot simply let them silence us or anyone. Even the crazies have the right to free speech.
If you do choose that format, please use HIGH-CONTRAST FONT COLOR (black text on white background) so that print articles show up for those with low-vision issues. Websites are becoming less and less accessible to low-vision visitors cutting them out of the information loop that is so desperately needed by all of us.
The reply form below is an example of what is limited to the low-vision user — they are not able to see that light-colored text.
Please don’t eliminate anyone from being able to access CTH’s informative articles and comments.
Ask someone you trust who is tech savvy to reset your device. Most devices (and browsers) offer you the ability to set how you want text to appear—in size, font, color, etc.
Better secure ALL your data way in advance of the de-platform date. And make certain the files contain no viruses, worms, or other malicious content. These data WILL attempt to be attacked! What better way to do that than when it is all consolidated in batches for de-platforming!
Damn–hang on it just gets worse and worse.
Thank you Sundance for all that you have done and do.
Full court press from Big Tech. God will prevail
Can you start reporting on Parler in the meantime as I fear Twitter will do the same?
Yikes I can’t log in??
“To the ghetto with you.”
“The means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”
― James Madison
Wherever this lands, Sundance, we’ll be there!
Go to TheDonald.win and talk to the MODS about how to retool — after Reddit deplatformed them, that website is now one the top 1% websites in the nation. Treehouse can do the same!
Or Supernerd and Ann Barnhardt at Barnhardt.biz.
Here for you Sundance! You lean on us for a change, we’ve got your back! Prayers for you and the gang!!!
Sundance
What can we do to help?. I cannot imagine my day without You and the staff and all Our Treepers
We are literally at War with Socialism , trying to censor Our Constitutional rights. I pray every night that President Trump is able expose the fraud and corruption that runs TOO Deep in our Government
My Heart has been heavy since election night, but…I am still in for the WIN
We are Wolverines………TRUMPS ARMY
TEA
Sundance… I guess you showed the F__kers they aren’t the only ones that can ‘unmask’.
Keep up God’s work, weve got your six.
We’re with you. Freedom of assembly.
God bless you Sundance. I will be here waiting. Hopefully you can find a better site. We can’t let them win.????