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They don't give a stuff about the people. They want you to stay constricted on their rubish. Depressing. Site. I thought I was doing a nice thing by creating a blog that would appeal to those with anxiety and costo like I have. The blog was just going to offer distractions. Because I know for health issues that's one of the best things for it, being able to relax. I thought what better place to advertise my new blog than on the costo health board. Next thing I'm susspended with not even a warning! I wasn't aware I couldn't post about blogs. I message my appeal and I have never been so taken back by admin before. I wasn't rude in my appeal but I was frustrated, because I honestly thought they would understand that I was trying to help other people and reach out and being a health site they'd support that. But no I got the rudest response "no one is " constricted' use whatever other site you want. Not this one" well I'm sorry but that is constricting people, what theyr'e just allowed to vent and not seek support from other healthy mediums? I'm disgusted and offended. I was only trying to help people going through the same thing as me and this is how I get treated. I only feel bad because there is a person I said i'd be there for if they needed someone to relate too, and now I cannot. Avoid at all costs find somewhere nicer. Moderator is not a nice, nor understanding person. Why would you want someone like that reading your health ailments. I sure as hell don't 0 stars if I could
-Neroli

Signed up and started a thread asking if anyone has had a certain procedure done and put the website for reference. I was banned permanently. Wrote a few emails with the moderator but they don't really care. Here is their response!

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A terrible site which is giving misinformation about hiv testing and how hiv is transmitted. I posted a question and when the moderator was rude to me after not really reading my reply I got fed up. I pointed out that he was wrong about hiv not being able to be transmitted through oral sex and saliva, simply wrong. I did say something rude about my x who has put my health and life at risk with lies and cheating, no obscenities as far as I remember. I was told that was the reason my post was removed and my account deleted or whatever they call it. I believe the main reason was because I called this guy out on his ignorance. He was informing people that hiv cannot be transmitted by "salvia", lol. Which isn't true, it can be transmitted that way if there is blood present also, it's just not as common. A reply I made to another post that someone should indeed test for hiv because they could have been exposed, that had no "obscenities" in it was also removed and when I tried to repost the whole thing with nothing objectional, it was all removed all over again. These people are a joke and they're putting people's lives at risk by giving them faulty information about hiv. One of them is still emailing me, hope he will stop because I have better things to do with my time than communicate with these idiots or worry about this silly website. He tried to say there are no documented cases of transmission this way but there are indeed documented cases, and you can find them online easily. This site is a disgrace, truly. I am very concerned that they're giving out such dangerous info though. I hope people will be able to figure that out on they're own.

I really don't think this site deserves any stars. They are backwards and invade people's personal privacy. They will log into your personal account and edit, delete personal stuff for no real reason, which is very unsecure and unsafe if you ask me. I posted a thread concerning my symptoms of fibroids asking if perhaps I have it and what type of doctor I should seek for treatment if I even needed one etc, and they actually deleted this saying it was against terms that I should not mention stuff about myself in the threads, but wait according to Healthboards.com I joined them in the first place because they claimed this is what their site is for, for threads and questions concerning your health, wellness and help, questions. This is not the case. Healthboards is pretty much worthless as you basically create an account that the administrators phish around in without your knowledge or permission. If they log into your personal stuff they do not let you know or make it very difficult to find their messages after the fact that they already invaded your personal account info and privacy. They also make it impossible to get your account deleted and the administrators seem to lack time for their members when you go through the trouble contacting them for any concerns or issues or to request deleting your account. I don't recommend them. For your own security choose a better place to share your personal info in a private account where the administrators will respect your stuff and your privacy and who follow their own privacy policies. Oh, and if you have a concern about privacy or security, if your account gets hacked, or if you want to cancel your account, the administrators are extremely rude, hateful toward you and snotty, for no reason other than that is just the way they are. I really only joined this site on a whim because in order to ask a health question I had to of course register, and I did not want to create a huge account with Yahoo or anything so I figured this would be simple and easy and I'd get some good advice but it eventually got to the point where I ended up BEGGING them to PLEASE delete/ban/cancel/deactivate my account do whatever they had to for me to get rid of them and that took forever, they kept ignoring me. Ugh this site is no good save yourself the hassle, the headaches, the rude behavior of their staff and go with a better, more professionally administered site.