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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: nomad bloodbath on January 22, 2013, 10:17 pm
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You guys are using this section to spam post your account to post in various sections of the forum, when you should just use this section to submit and answer questions, I don't understand why everyone thinks they have to have 50 posts to ask a question or submit a review.
You guys should just use this section as an all topic discussion instead of laboriously trying to reach 50 posts for no real reason.
Submit your questions in this section moderators will more than likely be answering the questions and you cant really get better answers from anyone than the moderators.
You guys are working too hard to do what you could do with your first post.
Wanna know about anything, then just ask.
It's simple, don't over think this, just act like a normal section.
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nomad
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Might I suggest to the vendors in this section to start using their posts to answer newbie questions and you guys can even setup bewbie section vendor reviews and thread here instead of wasting your time with post boosting. Why not get your new customers from the new members.
Seems no brainer to get grassroots new customers.
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nomad
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wise words, i agree :)
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Agreed. Take advantage of this time to search on the forum, ask questions, try to help each other, and make this subforum a worthwhile, welcoming place. It's here to stay, so instead of complaining about it, why not make the best of it?
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I don't understand why everyone thinks they have to have 50 posts to ask a question or submit a review.
Because non-newbies can't post in this section, which means few non-newbies are likely to be reading this section (and even if they are, they couldn't respond), which means questions we post have a far lesser chance of being read or replied to by someone with relevant experience. It means we can't add reviews to the most logical place for others to find them (either the vendor's own thread, or on a consolidated thread like Avengers LSD thread).
It's not a case of us not realising we can't ask a question or post a review here, rather that we understand -perfectly well- that the best place to ask a question is in relevant main forum, and the best place to post a review is on a vendor's review thread, and we're attempting to do that as quickly as possible to work around these spammer-imfluenced restrictions.
You guys should just use this section as an all topic discussion instead of laboriously trying to reach 50 posts for no real reason.
There are very real reasons to reach 50 posts, namely that it will open up a vastly wider audience for questions and discussion, and help keep the boards better organised by ensuring reviews and discussions are in their logical place, not split half-and-half between their correct place, and an unorganised catch-all Newbie subforum.
Really, I understand why you've introduced this posting requirement, in order to give yourselves some breathing space to try to fend off the spammers, but please try to recognise it for what it is - a very blunt instrument brought in as an emergency until a better solution can be found. Which I hope you do! ;D
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Well filling this section with useless spam post for username boost post is not the right way to use this area and if it doesnt start being used in a productive manner it's gonna get some rules that make it even harder.
Most forums that use this type of section would allow boost posts a to reach the required posts to move on from the section.
This is a new section I see no reason why there can't be vendor reviews by newbs here as well as the rumor mill, it's not like there not gonna be a constant new crop of newbs that could use info in this section help them rather than this pointless fodder of crap posts. This is a new born section so of course it's gonna need a little time to become organized and setup to be just as useful as the other sections of the forum...treating it like a punishment for being new is not the way to look at it. Why not create threads yopu can leave behind to grow as a legacy, Like FAQ's on certain subjects that new members and browse as a location to answers everyone have when first getting into the forum community.
Basically I'm just telling you guys that this current spam boosting post crap is gonna be a limited thing soon it's gonna be phased out because this is also to slow the increase of throw away shrill accounts as well in the forum that creates all kinds of deception in feedback and review threads in the rumor mill. It's only currently be allowed because it was put into place without anyone given in warning.
This section isnt just for the btc spammers but for slowing down several issues that plague the community.
I want everyone to understand that the answers you get here are gonna be from the most knowledgeable in the community. As long as ppl say this is a useless section than that's how many will think but in reality it's far from useless and can be very much a great section for easing into the way things work around here and the do's and don't for new members. I believe posts in this section are just as important as posts in any other section. We reap what we sow.
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nomad
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I am actually pretty upset about this. THE only reason i joined SR was because whatever i was getting got too difficult to obtain. Ive been submitting reviews and posting comments in the Avengers LSD review thread and the offical lsd review thread...a few days ago i realized that i couldnt post anything and was not aware of this new rule. I had no way of knowing what was going on and when going to support there was no helpful info. i understand your reason for doing this but it should have been made aware to all users via PM to let them know before they go reinstalling software and checking settings for hours.
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ok so i can encrypt/decrypt messages thus i can communicate with vendors, however, i now need to put some btc in my account. do i have the next steps right? (i know there are several sites offering these services -btc conversion, btc wallet- so ill just go through the way i understand things currently- download electrum the wallet; create an account on mt. gox to convert my currency to btc, send these btc to my electrum wallet address, send the btc from here to my SR account address, at this point i will have funds, and am ready to buy?
thanks a bunch for any guidance
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I am actually pretty upset about this. THE only reason i joined SR was because whatever i was getting got too difficult to obtain. Ive been submitting reviews and posting comments in the Avengers LSD review thread and the offical lsd review thread...a few days ago i realized that i couldnt post anything and was not aware of this new rule. I had no way of knowing what was going on and when going to support there was no helpful info. i understand your reason for doing this but it should have been made aware to all users via PM to let them know before they go reinstalling software and checking settings for hours.
A simple PM to a moderator would have answered your questions...also cant all newbs read the other sections of the forum?
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nomad
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I am actually pretty upset about this. THE only reason i joined SR was because whatever i was getting got too difficult to obtain. Ive been submitting reviews and posting comments in the Avengers LSD review thread and the offical lsd review thread...a few days ago i realized that i couldnt post anything and was not aware of this new rule. I had no way of knowing what was going on and when going to support there was no helpful info. i understand your reason for doing this but it should have been made aware to all users via PM to let them know before they go reinstalling software and checking settings for hours.
A simple PM to a moderator would have answered your questions...also cant all newbs read the other sections of the forum?
i know how to use SR and also a forum. the only places i go on the forums is RumoR Mill and then straight to Avengers thread. have been doing so since i started using SR. Of course i can read other sections of the forum. If i can keep getting inboxed with spam then a simple "hey you're a newb read this section" message would have been great. Clearly i read the other section and figured out what was going on but at first i always assume PICNIC ( Problem in Chair Not in Computer). Not trying to say you guys messed up or anything....but i doubt i was the only person who was confused by this and it would have helped lol thanks guys
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nomad
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I am actually pretty upset about this. THE only reason i joined SR was because whatever i was getting got too difficult to obtain. Ive been submitting reviews and posting comments in the Avengers LSD review thread and the offical lsd review thread...a few days ago i realized that i couldnt post anything and was not aware of this new rule. I had no way of knowing what was going on and when going to support there was no helpful info. i understand your reason for doing this but it should have been made aware to all users via PM to let them know before they go reinstalling software and checking settings for hours.
A simple PM to a moderator would have answered your questions...also cant all newbs read the other sections of the forum?
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nomad
i know how to use SR and also a forum. the only places i go on the forums is RumoR Mill and then straight to Avengers thread. have been doing so since i started using SR. Of course i can read other sections of the forum. If i can keep getting inboxed with spam then a simple "hey you're a newb read this section" message would have been great. Clearly i read the other section and figured out what was going on but at first i always assume PICNIC ( Problem in Chair Not in Computer). Not trying to say you guys messed up or anything....but i doubt i was the only person who was confused by this and it would have helped lol thanks guys
Get over it Silk Road has always been ran like this and I know I i didnt mess up because I like any other moderator was not told about the change either we found out just like every other member of the forum. It's the way DPR does things, he's always done them that way and I'm pretty sure it will contuinue that way. It's not a big deal and it's something everyone has to live with, so it is what it is and we all move on.
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nomad
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You guys are using this section to spam post your account to post in various sections of the forum, when you should just use this section to submit and answer questions, I don't understand why everyone thinks they have to have 50 posts to ask a question or submit a review.
You guys should just use this section as an all topic discussion instead of laboriously trying to reach 50 posts for no real reason.
Submit your questions in this section moderators will more than likely be answering the questions and you cant really get better answers from anyone than the moderators.
You guys are working too hard to do what you could do with your first post.
Wanna know about anything, then just ask.
It's simple, don't over think this, just act like a normal section.
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nomad
Point taken. I need to learn PGP within TAILS but something always goes wrong that the tutorial can't handle. Can anyone pick me up when I fall?
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Maybe it's my age I don't know maybe it's because I had t use my street smart's for 10+ years as a dependant heroin user but it seem's to me that alot of people really shouldn't be here I dont meen to cause offence to anybody and appologise if I do but when I see post's about people worrying about having post come to they're mum's house it make's me wonder what the average age is,I dont care to be honest aslong as you have some common sense,and although I do think nomad came off a bit strong I totally get where your coming from,it must be a pain in the arse especially having to delete all the verwex crap I know it's getting on my nerve's, aswell as seeing thread's being made for thing's such as where to get btc and have I been ripped off because its been 10 mins since buying my btc,just log out and back in again that's the fastest way of I know to update your account found that out monday after sitting refreshing the page for 3 hours and missing last post ::) but it's not to hard to have a looksee around the forums,it's not rocket science,like I told the guy wanting to know how to stash drug's stop over thinking it just go with what feel's safe do a little research first and your gonna be cool,i'm no expert and PGP is getting on my nerves so bad i've had to back away before my laptop goes through a window but i'll figure it out,if I can ever find out what it is i'm supposed to download and when I can actually connect to the servers I need but I use privnote for a temp stop gap not the best solution but better than nothing,if anybody has got a pdf file on PGP for dummies with a basic step by step set up i'de be gratefull and ive got a tormail you could send it to (infact let me see if KAT has anything to DL) because i'm reading the site and having to jump arund page's so much I forget what i've read before simply because there's a lot to take in,if anybody does have a pdf or is willing to sit and type up a step by step guide for a 34 year old that only got a pc 2 year's ago (but isn't stupid I can follow stuff to an extent) i'de be gratefull,i'm not to worried about my address to be honest but it's good to know this stuff even if it's not for use on SR I know I can find plenty of uses for encryption messaging,especially when the NWO take over the world and we all have to be sneaky MOFO's...lol
No offence nomad :)
And no people i'm not arse kissing it's called respect,something you learn to do and earn to get.
Peace
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Agreed. Take advantage of this time to search on the forum, ask questions, try to help each other, and make this subforum a worthwhile, welcoming place. It's here to stay, so instead of complaining about it, why not make the best of it?
Absolutely. I've spent well over a week reading the forums and various guides regarding all the necessities to safely do business on SR. Im off to use the newbie time to learn the rest and hopefully meet some vendors willing to work with me when i feel confident to make some buys. Thanks to the mods and everyone who keeps the community alive, i haven't been this excited about something in a while. :D
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Maybe it's my age I don't know maybe it's because I had t use my street smart's for 10+ years as a dependant heroin user but it seem's to me that alot of people really shouldn't be here I dont meen to cause offence to anybody and appologise if I do but when I see post's about people worrying about having post come to they're mum's house it make's me wonder what the average age is,I dont care to be honest aslong as you have some common sense,and although I do think nomad came off a bit strong I totally get where your coming from,it must be a pain in the arse especially having to delete all the verwex crap I know it's getting on my nerve's, aswell as seeing thread's being made for thing's such as where to get btc and have I been ripped off because its been 10 mins since buying my btc,just log out and back in again that's the fastest way of I know to update your account found that out monday after sitting refreshing the page for 3 hours and missing last post ::) but it's not to hard to have a looksee around the forums,it's not rocket science,like I told the guy wanting to know how to stash drug's stop over thinking it just go with what feel's safe do a little research first and your gonna be cool,i'm no expert and PGP is getting on my nerves so bad i've had to back away before my laptop goes through a window but i'll figure it out,if I can ever find out what it is i'm supposed to download and when I can actually connect to the servers I need but I use privnote for a temp stop gap not the best solution but better than nothing,if anybody has got a pdf file on PGP for dummies with a basic step by step set up i'de be gratefull and ive got a tormail you could send it to (infact let me see if KAT has anything to DL) because i'm reading the site and having to jump arund page's so much I forget what i've read before simply because there's a lot to take in,if anybody does have a pdf or is willing to sit and type up a step by step guide for a 34 year old that only got a pc 2 year's ago (but isn't stupid I can follow stuff to an extent) i'de be gratefull,i'm not to worried about my address to be honest but it's good to know this stuff even if it's not for use on SR I know I can find plenty of uses for encryption messaging,especially when the NWO take over the world and we all have to be sneaky MOFO's...lol
No offence nomad :)
And no people i'm not arse kissing it's called respect,something you learn to do and earn to get.
Peace
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no offence taken man you have the freedom to speak your mind I'd never deny you tha, you act civil and aren't being offensive at all, so no worries mate.
I suggest you google GPA(GNU Privacy Assistant) it's what I use. Download the file that works with your OS...make sure when given a pop up box to check which files to download that the GPA is checked. After you download it you should be able to find your GPA start up in the start button menu and then you need to generate your public and private keys.
You get that far and I'll help you thru the rest. PM me your public key and I'll teach you how to import public keys and add keys to your keyring , then we can encrypt files in abut a minutes time.
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nomad
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Thanks, Nomad. What's up with someone giving me negative karma every question I ask? I feel like if members of the forum don't want me to ask questions, then I won't. I think that could be part of what's causing everyone to spam instead of learn. Because then we can each go to our respective corners of the forum and be comfortable again. Like I can see that you have asked 45 questions so far lol. But seriously the tutorials have some stuttering dude clicking a million things and not explaining any of it. Then they tell you at later that [in case you didn't know..click the GPA] and a bunch of other things they did on camtasia. I thought the point of a tutorial was to go step by step on how to do something. The text tutorials on here are equally frustrating because almost immediately what occurs is nothing like the prediction of the tutorial. So, being completely dumb with computers, I am stuck at that step forever. Good luck finding someone to explain what went wrong on my end. I have even paid two people to set up PGP and they can't ever get it right. I know it isn't really this difficult but I'm starting to wonder if God wants me to not use PGP because it really is this difficult for me.
Anyways thanks for the GPA pointer. I'm downloading gpg4win version for the 5th time now, with that in mind...
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I´m not a fan of this new rule. Right now I need to get into a discussion about a possible scammer — but I cant. I´ve been a member for almost a year.
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So it looks like I need to become more social on the threads to even be able to become more social...Hmmmmmm
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Thanks, Nomad. What's up with someone giving me negative karma every question I ask? I feel like if members of the forum don't want me to ask questions, then I won't. I think that could be part of what's causing everyone to spam instead of learn. Because then we can each go to our respective corners of the forum and be comfortable again. Like I can see that you have asked 45 questions so far lol. But seriously the tutorials have some stuttering dude clicking a million things and not explaining any of it. Then they tell you at later that [in case you didn't know..click the GPA] and a bunch of other things they did on camtasia. I thought the point of a tutorial was to go step by step on how to do something. The text tutorials on here are equally frustrating because almost immediately what occurs is nothing like the prediction of the tutorial. So, being completely dumb with computers, I am stuck at that step forever. Good luck finding someone to explain what went wrong on my end. I have even paid two people to set up PGP and they can't ever get it right. I know it isn't really this difficult but I'm starting to wonder if God wants me to not use PGP because it really is this difficult for me.
Anyways thanks for the GPA pointer. I'm downloading gpg4win version for the 5th time now, with that in mind...
The karma issue is blantant attempt to discourage members for no reason , it matters none so dont let that effect you at all and you're here to learn so ask question it doesnt matter if others want you to or not dont let them dictate how you act on the forum. The karma will always balance itself out. I will teach you the correct way to encrypt it it's the only thing I do today, if you have the time. Give me a chance to help you.
Here is a link to help you step by step with GPA: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=106694.msg730649#msg730649
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nomad
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It's easy to say when u have almost 4000 posts..
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Hey Nomad,
Haven't spoken to you before despite being around for a while, but nice to see level-headedness. I guess this measure has traded some of the work needed to head off the bitcoin scam for work to police threads designed to inflate post counts to 50. So hope the mods don't find they have more work.
I'm in a similar boat to the other poster where I'd like occasionally to post to vendor threads and say, the avengers thread, but am not in a position. Anyway no biggie, I can always PM and I've not got any genius to drop so nobody is losing much. It's a shame that the forum software doesn't have better tools to combat the problems you guys have had.
Overall I do believe it'll increase the snr for the forums as a whole which is great - over the last year hysteria, paranoia and people not paying enough attention have, despite the many great folks, given the forums a bit of a strange flavour. Maybe things will get a bit more sane. Either way, interesting experiment.
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Maybe it's my age I don't know maybe it's because I had t use my street smart's for 10+ years as a dependant heroin user but it seem's to me that alot of people really shouldn't be here I dont meen to cause offence to anybody and appologise if I do but when I see post's about people worrying about having post come to they're mum's house it make's me wonder what the average age is,I dont care to be honest aslong as you have some common sense,and although I do think nomad came off a bit strong I totally get where your coming from,it must be a pain in the arse especially having to delete all the verwex crap I know it's getting on my nerve's, aswell as seeing thread's being made for thing's such as where to get btc and have I been ripped off because its been 10 mins since buying my btc,just log out and back in again that's the fastest way of I know to update your account found that out monday after sitting refreshing the page for 3 hours and missing last post ::) but it's not to hard to have a looksee around the forums,it's not rocket science,like I told the guy wanting to know how to stash drug's stop over thinking it just go with what feel's safe do a little research first and your gonna be cool,i'm no expert and PGP is getting on my nerves so bad i've had to back away before my laptop goes through a window but i'll figure it out,if I can ever find out what it is i'm supposed to download and when I can actually connect to the servers I need but I use privnote for a temp stop gap not the best solution but better than nothing,if anybody has got a pdf file on PGP for dummies with a basic step by step set up i'de be gratefull and ive got a tormail you could send it to (infact let me see if KAT has anything to DL) because i'm reading the site and having to jump arund page's so much I forget what i've read before simply because there's a lot to take in,if anybody does have a pdf or is willing to sit and type up a step by step guide for a 34 year old that only got a pc 2 year's ago (but isn't stupid I can follow stuff to an extent) i'de be gratefull,i'm not to worried about my address to be honest but it's good to know this stuff even if it's not for use on SR I know I can find plenty of uses for encryption messaging,especially when the NWO take over the world and we all have to be sneaky MOFO's...lol
No offence nomad :)
And no people i'm not arse kissing it's called respect,something you learn to do and earn to get.
Peace
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no offence taken man you have the freedom to speak your mind I'd never deny you tha, you act civil and aren't being offensive at all, so no worries mate.
I suggest you google GPA(GNU Privacy Assistant) it's what I use. Download the file that works with your OS...make sure when given a pop up box to check which files to download that the GPA is checked. After you download it you should be able to find your GPA start up in the start button menu and then you need to generate your public and private keys.
You get that far and I'll help you thru the rest. PM me your public key and I'll teach you how to import public keys and add keys to your keyring , then we can encrypt files in abut a minutes time.
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nomad
Cheer's nomad I shall look at that one its not what ive been trying to use i didnt even know what file I needed to DL,but that sound's more simple I might take a couple of days but i'll get it, it's a chance to actually be challeged by something.
Thanks for your help mate.
Peace
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I think people forget , that at its core , this is a community and by wasting your first fifty post , you show the rest of the community your level of involvement and interest in continuing the proper function of the site. Security is not optional here. We need to protect this asset we have to us and by not immersing yourself in the culture , rules and procedures of SR , your actually just doing yourself a disservice.
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Agreed, lol I was wondering if those junk posts of mine were going to get deleted. Glad to see we all have to spend some time to get our posts up ;)
TinyDot
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Agreed, lol I was wondering if those junk posts of mine were going to get deleted. Glad to see we all have to spend some time to get our posts up ;)
TinyDot
I'm pretty sure next weekpost boosting iyt's gonnabe allowed any further.
So get ready guys.
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nomad
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Agreed, lol I was wondering if those junk posts of mine were going to get deleted. Glad to see we all have to spend some time to get our posts up ;)
TinyDot
I'm pretty sure next weekpost boosting iyt's gonnabe allowed any further.
So get ready guys.
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nomad
I think it has already been clamped down on, or at least started. I noticed my own account was missing some garbage posts that I posted in the newbie "spam thread" a week or so ago. I am assuming if people keep doing the post spamming thing they will lose those accounts or something similar. Either way, lesson learned on my end. :)
TinyDot
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The new policy is pretty annoying to me. Now I can't even reply in threads that I started before the 50-post threshold was created. It also took me a while to figure out why that was happening.
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Agreed, lol I was wondering if those junk posts of mine were going to get deleted. Glad to see we all have to spend some time to get our posts up ;)
TinyDot
I'm pretty sure next weekpost boosting iyt's gonnabe allowed any further.
So get ready guys.
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nomad
I think it has already been clamped down on, or at least started. I noticed my own account was missing some garbage posts that I posted in the newbie "spam thread" a week or so ago. I am assuming if people keep doing the post spamming thing they will lose those accounts or something similar. Either way, lesson learned on my end. :)
TinyDot
I'm pretty that was from the thread I was asked to delete this morning by Nuggs.
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Admittedly I am a rare case and I hope this post doesn't sound like complaining, but this new 50-post limit has really put a potato in my tailpipe of my new vendor account. :( I am in the process of putting up listings, and I was hoping to use the product offers and rumor mills forums to post up grand opening specials and reviews/samples just for forum members, just as all the vendors who have come before me were able to do. Putting these introductory posts in the newbie forum will likely cause them to be overlooked by non-newbie members in general, decreasing my sales and visibility as a result.
I understand that the old rules for getting "SR Vendor" appended to your account meant having 35+ successful transactions, but in light of the situation I think this requirement should be lifted. Am I crazy for thinking that if we are paying hundreds of dollars for a vendor account, one of the privileges should be the ability to post anywhere on the forums immediately?
Nomad, if you could get a forum admin to take a look at my situation and perhaps give me a promotion on the forums I would greatly appreciate it! I can be reached by PM on the forum or via SR message at the same name (Busy Bee).
PS: Vendor Support said, and I quote: "just do a bunch of small posts until i find out more about it" - looks like you better straighten them out if you expect me to not spam my way to 50 posts ;)
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Admittedly I am a rare case and I hope this post doesn't sound like complaining, but this new 50-post limit has really put a potato in my tailpipe of my new vendor account. :( I am in the process of putting up listings, and I was hoping to use the product offers and rumor mills forums to post up grand opening specials and reviews/samples just for forum members, just as all the vendors who have come before me were able to do. Putting these introductory posts in the newbie forum will likely cause them to be overlooked by non-newbie members in general, decreasing my sales and visibility as a result.
I understand that the old rules for getting "SR Vendor" appended to your account meant having 35+ successful transactions, but in light of the situation I think this requirement should be lifted. Am I crazy for thinking that if we are paying hundreds of dollars for a vendor account, one of the privileges should be the ability to post anywhere on the forums immediately?
Nomad, if you could get a forum admin to take a look at my situation and perhaps give me a promotion on the forums I would greatly appreciate it! I can be reached by PM on the forum or via SR message at the same name (Busy Bee).
PS: Vendor Support said, and I quote: "just do a bunch of small posts until i find out more about it" - looks like you better straighten them out if you expect me to not spam my way to 50 posts ;)
If you type up the Threads you want i'll post them for you, no problem, i'll ask admin but i dont think excepts are being made.
PM me the threads you want and I'll copy and paste on your behalf.
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nomad
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Was I given a pin number when I opened my account? I was up all night and had to open a bitcoin account on the same day. Could someone please tell me what to do here because I have money sitting in limbo on my account
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Was I given a pin number when I opened my account? I was up all night and had to open a bitcoin account on the same day. Could someone please tell me what to do here because I have money sitting in limbo on my account
when you joined you set a username a password and a pin number,,,you didnt write then down did you.
Well had lesson but it''ll be 2 weeks before you can access it i'm afraid.
You need to contact sr support asap so they can start the count down fpr a pin reset.
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nomad
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I was looking everywhere trying to figure out why I could post new topics or replies anywhere. This clears it up haha
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I am actually pretty upset about this. THE only reason i joined SR was because whatever i was getting got too difficult to obtain. Ive been submitting reviews and posting comments in the Avengers LSD review thread and the offical lsd review thread...a few days ago i realized that i couldnt post anything and was not aware of this new rule. I had no way of knowing what was going on and when going to support there was no helpful info. i understand your reason for doing this but it should have been made aware to all users via PM to let them know before they go reinstalling software and checking settings for hours.
A simple PM to a moderator would have answered your questions...also cant all newbs read the other sections of the forum?
i know how to use SR and also a forum. the only places i go on the forums is RumoR Mill and then straight to Avengers thread. have been doing so since i started using SR. Of course i can read other sections of the forum. If i can keep getting inboxed with spam then a simple "hey you're a newb read this section" message would have been great. Clearly i read the other section and figured out what was going on but at first i always assume PICNIC ( Problem in Chair Not in Computer). Not trying to say you guys messed up or anything....but i doubt i was the only person who was confused by this and it would have helped lol thanks guys
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nomad
Same here. I posted a GnuPG command line tutorial, then when I went back the next day to thank people for adding refinements to it, I couldn't post. I thought I got banned for some reason, but I couldn't figure out how being helpful could possibly lead to that.
So every few days when I sign in, I spam a few posts in this newbie forum to raise my post count so that someday I can participate with the normal members.
And as for the moderator threats to make the rules even tougher for people who sign up to the forums... that's not going to solve anything, unless the problem is "too many people are contributing positively to the conversations here." All it will do is make me say "fuck it, the forums are worthless because I can only post in the spam section." Who's going to sit here and spam a higher number of posts if you raise the limit to punish people further? I don't even want to do 50 because everything through Tor is slow as hell. Fine, you win, I'll go away. Christ.
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Well this is my last post here yet again...lol took me a few hours this time but look ma no spam (and very little filler for the young ens!) As to will this help. I can already say it has somewhat (lol the bitcoin scammers now appear to just be flooding the newbie thread with new posts) but time will only tell. Now...back to my reviews ;D
TinyDot
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I don't understand why everyone thinks they have to have 50 posts to ask a question or submit a review.
Because non-newbies can't post in this section, which means few non-newbies are likely to be reading this section (and even if they are, they couldn't respond), which means questions we post have a far lesser chance of being read or replied to by someone with relevant experience. It means we can't add reviews to the most logical place for others to find them (either the vendor's own thread, or on a consolidated thread like Avengers LSD thread).
It's not a case of us not realising we can't ask a question or post a review here, rather that we understand -perfectly well- that the best place to ask a question is in relevant main forum, and the best place to post a review is on a vendor's review thread, and we're attempting to do that as quickly as possible to work around these spammer-imfluenced restrictions.
You guys should just use this section as an all topic discussion instead of laboriously trying to reach 50 posts for no real reason.
There are very real reasons to reach 50 posts, namely that it will open up a vastly wider audience for questions and discussion, and help keep the boards better organised by ensuring reviews and discussions are in their logical place, not split half-and-half between their correct place, and an unorganised catch-all Newbie subforum.
Really, I understand why you've introduced this posting requirement, in order to give yourselves some breathing space to try to fend off the spammers, but please try to recognise it for what it is - a very blunt instrument brought in as an emergency until a better solution can be found. Which I hope you do! ;D
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What he said.
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wouldn't it be ironic if people started spamming this post to get their post count up?
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wouldn't it be ironic if people started spamming this post to get their post count up?
What would be ironic is if members that spam start getting banned for spamming just like very do in the rest of the forum.
You guys seem to be placing me at blame for this entire situation when I'm doing nothing more than being helpful here.I had no say in this section and I didnt find out about it til most of you did, I'm only trying to help...if it's preferred I leave this section and a specific mod assigned here than that can be arranged but know that if I leave the no spamming at all policy goes into effect the moment I leave.I'm trying to help every way possible but it seems as usual I'm being under appreciated for my attempts to make it easy for everyone in the community.
X)
nomad
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when did the rules change and who decided? this is PITA
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i ordered express i had to go sign, box was checked but sendors address not provided and it took a day longer than priority. The PO lady said you always have to go to the counter for express unless you sign the notification slip to have it delivered which adds ANOTHER day. supremesmoke refuses to send any way other than express-i haven't ordered from him- and this smells like honey bacon when they is no way to at least not sign the paper (meaning you know you are expecting a pkg) not sign and have to go to PO to pick up w the paper and why would he do this if its not faster and puts a customer at more risk? I don't understand the logic, hopefully someone can enlighten me. Thx.
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ok vendor communicated with me, and i was able to ask about the providing sendors address part the PO ppl seem to need if the no signature box is checked. I still dont see the logic in only offering express.Thx for your insights in advance.
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The newbie section will never work efficiently if you do not divide it in proper sections
If you want to go for "apartheid" there is nothing we can do.
But at least put some REAL organisation into this instead of just getting rid of "us" by storing us all in one room.
That will at least make this new rule less annoying and give it some purpose for BOTH sides.
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The newbie section will never work efficiently if you do not divide it in proper sections
If you want to go for "apartheid" there is nothing we can do.
But at least put some REAL organisation into this instead of just getting rid of "us" by storing us all in one room.
That will at least make this new rule less annoying and give it some purpose for BOTH sides.
Guys no one is trying to stop you from freely doing whatever you want on the forums as long as you follow the forum guidelines and spamming posts has been against guideline since day one in the entire rest of the forum. I was merely giving you guys another heads up a change is in the future and of course this section needs to be organized but it takes the members as well as the staff to help organize it. I' not gonna come in monday and just go rampage on post boosting deleting like a wildman, it's gonna take a week or two before slowly adapting to the new rules and in this time both newbie and senior members should work in the same direction by starting to form some useful threads filled with information everyone can use.
Please at all cost stay calm I'm a very easy person to work with and if we both try to work with each other we both reach our goal.
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nomad
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The solution is simple... use a better anti-bot system.
You guys are using the old version of Captcha, which is essentially worthless. I suggested Q&A, but that would require constant updating of the questions. You really need to implement reCaptcha. It works pretty well.
Because honestly, this 50 post count thing is not going to work. It WILL kill the forums if kept long-term
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The newbie section will never work efficiently if you do not divide it in proper sections
If you want to go for "apartheid" there is nothing we can do.
But at least put some REAL organisation into this instead of just getting rid of "us" by storing us all in one room.
That will at least make this new rule less annoying and give it some purpose for BOTH sides.
Guys no one is trying to stop you from freely doing whatever you want on the forums as long as you follow the forum guidelines and spamming posts has been against guideline since day one in the entire rest of the forum. I was merely giving you guys another heads up a change is in the future and of course this section needs to be organized but it takes the members as well as the staff to help organize it. I' not gonna come in monday and just go rampage on post boosting deleting like a wildman, it's gonna take a week or two before slowly adapting to the new rules and in this time both newbie and senior members should work in the same direction by starting to form some useful threads filled with information everyone can use.
Please at all cost stay calm I'm a very easy person to work with and if we both try to work with each other we both reach our goal.
X)
nomad
Be that as it may,we have no control over creating sections.
That is for people with admin rights.At least that is what i do on forums i manage.
At this point,this really the only frustrating thing.
I hope we'll see a change in that matter.
EDIT: We do appreciate your presence here nomad ;).So thanks for that!
But you must understand these reactions are normal as well.
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I´m not a fan of this new rule. Right now I need to get into a discussion about a possible scammer — but I cant. I´ve been a member for almost a year.
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What is the new rule? I must have missed something
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hey everyone!
im having trouble getting onto SR , can someone give me the latest URL, ive been trying for hours
\thanks, cheers
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Fact of the matter is that this 50 post rule sucks but is necessary. I'm not trying to shoot the messenger (nomad), but telling people to quit "overthinking the section" is subversive. You aren't fooling anyone. Keeping everyone locked up in the Newbie thread harms the quality of posts in and out of the Newbie thread, excluding posts by scammers, spammers, and illegitimate reviewers. And that's what this is about. Ability to post in the silk road forums is not a civil liberty, I understand that. whatever. But don't pretend that you're doing anybody a favor, SR administration is merely doing what they feel they have to in order to protect the integrity of the forum at large. And THAT should be their stance: Sorry SR forum members, but we need to do this to protect the quality of the forums in the long run- once you have 50 posts and waste a ton of time in the Newbie forums it'll be like none of this ever happened.
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Just because you dont post in the forums doesn't make you an SR newbie. Ever think that people just use the forums for finding info on vendors and/or leaving feedback?
Not over thinking nor do I have questions that need to be answered.
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I have this account since 2011 so I don't see myself a newbie !!
Why I didn't receive any message telling me what is going on about posting restrictions in the main forum areas if you don't have mnimum 50 posts ?
I was thinking first something is wrong with my computer because i didn't find the WYSIWYG editor
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As you guys can see, the 50 post quota doesn't stop the spammers. They just spam in this section for 50 posts, then head on to the other forums.
So basically, this is doing nothing but harming the actual users of this forum. I'm really, really surprised that the people who created the ultimate online anonymous market cannot come up with a half-decent solution to this problem. This 50 post idea is actually EMBARRASSING and I cannot fathom how it's been in place for longer than a few hours.
Like I suggested before, please look up RECAPTCHA and implement it instead of using the useless old version of Captcha which has been cracked by the spammers. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to the Verification letters you need to type in after every post. I have a forum of my own and the version you guys are using is outdated and completely useless, and it only serves to annoy your users and waste all of our time.
Recaptcha does not completely stop spammers, but it will for sure reduce the amount of spam. Big established organizations and businesses use reCaptcha and it works well enough. This 50 post quota is doing nothing but wasting all of our time so please remove it ASAP
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Hi guys?
When did this new rule go into effect?
This sucks, I've only posted in like 5 threads ever on here and I leave the forums for a few weeks and now I can't post in those threads.
I also thought something was wrong.
I'm really bummed on this
It only creates an incentive for useless posts
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I'm new here, kind of, I set up an acct over a year ago, but lost login info. I wish it was easier to navigate and find the info I need, cannot find a section for introduction, I can't even find a section that lists the rules fopr you guys, as in the 50 post thing, all i see is whart i get out of someone elses comment, please help, getting lost and frustrated, what exactly do I need to do, I have downloaded the pgp files, setting up an anonymous email now...............Hell I've been searching all over to the poinbt I'm just about ready to give up for the night, why do things gotta be so complicated, any help would be greatly appreciated, help as in pointing me in the right direction on these forums, I want the introduction section, I want to get these first 50 posts out of the way, lol......I feel like I am stumbling in the dark, and there are way too many snobby comments from the guys who are not noobs here...
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vectorsalimundo
"So what actually counts as a post? Does this simple question in an existing thread count? I should also mention I had to message a kind member I could find active in the Technical Support board just to find out about this new rule. There was nothing whatsoever made clear on the main SR forums page or anywhere else about these new rules, which frustrated me for hours until in desperation I messaged the most recently active member I could find to ask WTF was going on. It is really a shame they isolated a lot of devout members like this. Just because I am not super active in the forums and only place orders every few months doesn't mean I should be lumped in with spammers for fucks sake. Hell if you look back at my post history you can find a specific comment I made pointing out that some people might not necessarily choose to maintain profiles on the forums due to paranoia about law enforcement or simply because they don't have the time in their lives to frequent the forums. Whoever made this decision is really punishing the semi-lurkers who still have much to contribute to the community. I hope someone in power sees this and passes on the suggestion about grandfathering in older accounts or at least grandfathering in old accounts that have more than 20 posts or something.
Quote from: C20H25N3O on Today at 04:14 am
Displeased with this situation .
I am a member since September 2011 8)
We could start a thread for Grandfather Candidates like us and try to get enough visibility the admins see it and start manually grandfathering in people that are obviously not scammers."
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hey everyone!
im having trouble getting onto SR , can someone give me the latest URL, ive been trying for hours
\thanks, cheers
It took me a LONG ass time this afternoon to get on, like 40 new identity connections in TOR. I eventually got on. It seemed easier to get on in the last hour. Keep trying it should be OK.
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We could always turn the Newbie Discussion forums into an even better forum than the main ones, kind of like Aussies just hit the oil jackpot even though they were originally outcasts from their original society.
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Just found out about the newbie forums, kinda sucks since I've been an SR member for over a year and a half, but I gotta do what I gotta do I guess.
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Fact of the matter is that this 50 post rule sucks but is necessary. I'm not trying to shoot the messenger (nomad), but telling people to quit "overthinking the section" is subversive. You aren't fooling anyone. Keeping everyone locked up in the Newbie thread harms the quality of posts in and out of the Newbie thread, excluding posts by scammers, spammers, and illegitimate reviewers. And that's what this is about. Ability to post in the silk road forums is not a civil liberty, I understand that. whatever. But don't pretend that you're doing anybody a favor, SR administration is merely doing what they feel they have to in order to protect the integrity of the forum at large. And THAT should be their stance: Sorry SR forum members, but we need to do this to protect the quality of the forums in the long run- once you have 50 posts and waste a ton of time in the Newbie forums it'll be like none of this ever happened.
I really would WISH members stop making accusations towards me, I've had not the first thing to do with any of it and Om not trying to cage anyone up O was simply trying to help but suggesting my time to answer questions for the new members and now instead of a ty I get all the blame.
Let me let you guys in on a little something in general i DONT FIND OUT ABOUT CHANGES TIL 24-48 HOURS AFTER IT'S HAPPENED SO i IN NO WAY KNOW WHAT' GOING ON ANY BETTER THAN YOU GUYS,
aLSO idk WHO ACTUALLY STARTED DELETING POST IN THIS SECTION UNLESS IT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT RIGHT AFTER i LEFT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A NEW MEBMER ACCUSSERED ME OF CALL ALL BOOBS RETARDS WHICH IN REALITY i DONT USE EIThER WORDS RETARD OR noob WHEN REFERRING THE NEWBIES i CALL THEM NOOBS SI THAT WAS A BLATANT AND TRANSPARENT ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT ME AMONG,YOU ALL WHEN ive been nithng but nice and very educating to every question i've been asked here.
I'M GONNA FIND OUT who RGW OISR DEKERIONS GAOOENED AND iM GONNA FIND OUT WHO EIE ITM i HATE WHEN OTHER PPL MAKE ME KIIJ KIJE IVE DONE SOMETHING TO BE SUSPECT OF AND i CANT STAND IT.
i'VE BEEN A MODERAToR HERE SINCE R FIRST DAY THE FORUMS WERE OPENED AND i DIDNT JUST SPEND 2 YEARS OF MY life GAINING RESPECT AND TRUST TO HAVE OTHERS DISCREDIT AND ME KTR AWAT DRIBN
lOOK i'M SORY YOU CANT UNDERSTAND HALF i JUST POSTED BUT i SPENT 40MINUTES EDITING TO ONLY HAVE THE PAGE AXXDENTAKKT BACJKIAD AND KISE RGE EDIT...i'VE BEN AWAKE FOR DAYS TRYING IMPROVE THIS OVERARE EXPERIENE FR EVERYONE BUT AS YOU CAN TELL FROM MY SOELLING ITS TIMR TO HET SOME SLEEO BEIRE I STROKE OUT...
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
Edit: also the comment you quoted clearly states he doesn't want to shoot the MESSENGER. So in no way shape or form did he accuse you of anything.
As for the others,ignore them if they keep stating otherwize.I'm sure you also wander to other forums and you know that there are always some you can't please.If i had to put my knickers in a twist everytime a poster is a douche on my forums.....;)
I came to turns with this new rule but the fact that it gets such a response tells us it sure has some effect and that is a positive thing:).Like myself the initial reaction was >:(...but as i also saw the productive threads in this section i was ok with it.
Now i just hope we can sub-boards and sections in here so it gets a bit more organized..
And i read non-newbies can't post in here..not sure if true but that has to go to if that's the case.
We do want to help the real newbies don't we?
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
not frustrated pissed.
I told the section that post deleting would not happen til next week sometime and now ive been made a liar,
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Edit: also the comment you quoted clearly states he doesn't want to shoot the MESSENGER. So in no way shape or form did he accuse you of anything.
As for the others,ignore them if they keep stating otherwize.I'm sure you also wander to other forums and you know that there are always some you can't please.If i had to put my knickers in a twist everytime a poster is a douche on my forums.....;)
I came to turns with this new rule but the fact that it gets such a response tells us it sure has some effect and that is a positive thing:).Like myself the initial reaction was >:(...but as i also saw the productive threads in this section i was ok with it.
Now i just hope we can sub-boards and sections in here so it gets a bit more organized..
And i read non-newbies can't post in here..not sure if true but that has to go to if that's the case.
We do want to help the real newbies don't we?
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
The absolute fucking hide. Isobetadine, don't get into a pissing competition about who has helped this community more, you or him, because you'll lose in a spectacular fashion. Can't believe your audacity. I'm glad you came back and edited because your first post was a disgrace. Absolute fucking disgrace.
As for nomad, try and rest up a little. You have made some post as of late that have been uncommonly reflectful. You posted them, and they will be there when you wake up again. These boards can run themselves for a little bit, I think.
No. You did not just spend 2 years to have this happen, so don't worry about it because the Newbie section is not the only section on Silk, thank God for that. Get some sleep if you can. This shit will still be here after the weekend. 2 coffees, ice-cream and sleep pill. Simple. And a nice girl to cuddle for nine hours.
See you when you get back. :)
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personally, I'm glad there's a newbie section so people can get the hang of it. It helps weed out the impatient. SR and the security involved is no place for the impatient. As a long time mushroom hunter, I can definitely say the good things in life take time
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I'm rather annoyed to find I have newbie status when I have been a member for almost a year, I suppose it's my fault for not posting more
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Hi all newbies
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Newbie here, I got a question:
Everytime I login to SR the number of categorys on the left side differs. Sometimes theres only drugs, a couple of hours theres a plenitude of other things. Why?
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Hi all newbies
Hi, wassup Doc?
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Newbie here, I got a question:
Everytime I login to SR the number of categorys on the left side differs. Sometimes theres only drugs, a couple of hours theres a plenitude of other things. Why?
I culd anser that but you already left. ::)
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ok, so im new to SR and looking at placing a order i know this maybe a stupid question but has anybody taken a shipment into the uk as im wondering if i buy a big amount will it get through ok???
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
The absolute fucking hide. Isobetadine, don't get into a pissing competition about who has helped this community more, you or him, because you'll lose in a spectacular fashion. Can't believe your audacity. I'm glad you came back and edited because your first post was a disgrace. Absolute fucking disgrace.
You were at the top of your class concerning comprehensive reading.
I did not even state any of the things you said.
READ before you post and try to do so without making false statements and preconceived ideas based on nothing.
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
The absolute fucking hide. Isobetadine, don't get into a pissing competition about who has helped this community more, you or him, because you'll lose in a spectacular fashion. Can't believe your audacity. I'm glad you came back and edited because your first post was a disgrace. Absolute fucking disgrace.
You were at the top of your class concerning comprehensive reading.
I did not even state any of the things you said.
READ before you post and try to do so without making false statements and preconceived ideas based on nothing.
It's hard to know what to do with somebody as slow as you. You obviously do not know nomad bloodbath from a bar of soap, you would not have embarrassed yourself like that if you did. And if you don't know who he is, you don't know what you are talking about when you are offering a run-down psychological profile, and if you don't know what you are talking about, why did you open your mouth to begin with?
And weren't you already out of the forums when I posted? You specifically came back to argue with me? If you want to take someone one at least know what the hell you are talking about, or you'll look silly. Don't give nomad tips on how to "deal with his problems" it has nothing to do with you. You seem to want to help out a little, but its embarrassing because you have no clue as to the background. You were better off not saying anything because now we have to deal with your ignorance and set you right. Fucking embarrassing.
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Newbie here, I got a question:
Everytime I login to SR the number of categorys on the left side differs. Sometimes theres only drugs, a couple of hours theres a plenitude of other things. Why?
I culd anser that but you already left. ::)
Please do anyway :)
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How bad is it of I sent my name & adress in plain text to a vendor on my first order? Am I in trouble? :-\
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
The absolute fucking hide. Isobetadine, don't get into a pissing competition about who has helped this community more, you or him, because you'll lose in a spectacular fashion. Can't believe your audacity. I'm glad you came back and edited because your first post was a disgrace. Absolute fucking disgrace.
You were at the top of your class concerning comprehensive reading.
I did not even state any of the things you said.
READ before you post and try to do so without making false statements and preconceived ideas based on nothing.
It's hard to know what to do with somebody as slow as you. You obviously do not know nomad bloodbath from a bar of soap, you would not have embarrassed yourself like that if you did. And if you don't know who he is, you don't know what you are talking about when you are offering a run-down psychological profile, and if you don't know what you are talking about, why did you open your mouth to begin with?
And weren't you already out of the forums when I posted? You specifically came back to argue with me? If you want to take someone one at least know what the hell you are talking about, or you'll look silly. Don't give nomad tips on how to "deal with his problems" it has nothing to do with you. You seem to want to help out a little, but its embarrassing because you have no clue as to the background. You were better off not saying anything because now we have to deal with your ignorance and set you right. Fucking embarrassing.
i did come back.To correct you as you seem to have a severe reading disabillity.
Nothing bad was said about Nomad.
I have not stated anything you are insinuating so how about you stop creating drama or this extremely weird way of attentionwhoring and brownnosing.
Either way the only one embarassing themselves is you.
Good to know we can now ignore the posts of some as it seems no logic is to find in your post.
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This is what I get for lurking too much. ;)
No matter, after buying from SR for more than a year I guess I can help out any actual new people. While I get my post count up ;)
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Has anyone else had any issues with the captcha system on this forum? On the register page i had to download the audio file and it was totally different then what the captcha said.
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I'm rather annoyed to find I have newbie status when I have been a member for almost a year, I suppose it's my fault for not posting more
This
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ok can someone please explain to me why we need a whole bunch of posts in order to reply to a thread of some sort? searching through the forums have me confused... some people say its for 1 reason and some people say its for another
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in order for us to reply to non newbie threads we must prove ourselves by posting 50 times.
it's to stop spammers and scammers
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Calm down,dude.
If you get this frustrated,go to sleep first.
You are no good to anybody if you get this upset over the comments made by some ,even i they are misguided,don't let it get to you ;).
Frankly,it doesn't look good and your erratic outburst discredits yourself more then their comments ever do.
The absolute fucking hide. Isobetadine, don't get into a pissing competition about who has helped this community more, you or him, because you'll lose in a spectacular fashion. Can't believe your audacity. I'm glad you came back and edited because your first post was a disgrace. Absolute fucking disgrace.
You were at the top of your class concerning comprehensive reading.
I did not even state any of the things you said.
READ before you post and try to do so without making false statements and preconceived ideas based on nothing.
It's hard to know what to do with somebody as slow as you. You obviously do not know nomad bloodbath from a bar of soap, you would not have embarrassed yourself like that if you did. And if you don't know who he is, you don't know what you are talking about when you are offering a run-down psychological profile, and if you don't know what you are talking about, why did you open your mouth to begin with?
And weren't you already out of the forums when I posted? You specifically came back to argue with me? If you want to take someone one at least know what the hell you are talking about, or you'll look silly. Don't give nomad tips on how to "deal with his problems" it has nothing to do with you. You seem to want to help out a little, but its embarrassing because you have no clue as to the background. You were better off not saying anything because now we have to deal with your ignorance and set you right. Fucking embarrassing.
i did come back.To correct you as you seem to have a severe reading disabillity.
Nothing bad was said about Nomad.
I have not stated anything you are insinuating so how about you stop creating drama or this extremely weird way of attentionwhoring and brownnosing.
Either way the only one embarassing themselves is you.
Good to know we can now ignore the posts of some as it seems no logic is to find in your post.
God you just don't get it do you? I realise you were only trying to help but you messed it up with speaking about something you had no clue about. And regarding me quoting things you didn't post? Does it or does it not say your name in my quotes? Did you or did you not post the information under your name? Seems you are not feeling too bright today doll. If you had not spoke about something you had no knowledge of this wouldn't even be an issue. You have not been here long enough to know members well enough to weigh in on something like you did yesterday. When you do, you just reveal that you don't know what you are talking about. Again, you heart was in the right place but new members usually don't presume to know everything about everybody, so I think you should follow their lead. If there is a more polite way to say this I do not know of it.
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it's too hard to post 50
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I'm rather annoyed to find I have newbie status when I have been a member for almost a year, I suppose it's my fault for not posting more
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Exactly! What a mess.
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Rather than simply vent my frustration at the fact that I have wasted a month being able to post anywhere and made only 16 posts, I will try to turn this into a useful post for newbies ... Here are my questions/issues:
1. Ratings - 5/5 given to a vendor seems to mean very little - when I read actual comments I see that packaging can be (very) poor, communication slow and deliveries hit and miss and yet vendor gets 5/5. Why? I feel we need to stop doing this as this is disservice to community and neither helps vendors to improve. I feel that comments like "FE on vendors request. Nothing arrived and vendor refuses and re-send or rebate because I am a newbie" should not be next to 5/5 score. Make it at least 3/5.
2. FE - in Black Market Reloaded guys have an interesting system where they break an escrow into two parts - shipping and actual product. Some people sassed this out and started breaking their total price into two chunks 50% of which should be released upfront if user is a newbie. Seems to be a lot more reasonable. At least having this option instead of an arbitrary "users who spent less than $1000 should FE or order will be cancelled". This could allow for a lot more flexible approach
3. GPG/PGP - Due to lack of time I still find this whole area just too taxing - too many things to install, read, absorb, etc ... I agree it is important, but here is a small tip I would give to those paranoid buyers who are worried about putting their address into the order form - use www.privnote.com and generate a link that can be used only once and its contents are being deleted as it is displayed first time. This way even if your order remains on the system and imaginary perpetrator gets to this record all they will ever be able to see is a dead link
and 4 and my biggest frustration so far - where is more mescaline? :) I would really welcome ideas or suggestions on how I can get access to extracted mescaline
Sorry for the long rant - may be I should have broken it up into 34 pieces and be off :)
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In my first post i was able to leave a review a few weeks back in Rumor Mill, now i cant post anything! I wanted to state that the uk vendor Drugs R Us had scammed me and seems to be a selective one at that
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In my first post i was able to leave a review a few weeks back in Rumor Mill, now i cant post anything! I wanted to state that the uk vendor Drugs R Us had scammed me and seems to be a selective one at that
same story here - ability to contribute to this forum is now limited to only this section, which sucks
Did I miss something in the comms informing me that I had only one month to get to 50 posts?
Well, regardless, the rule is rather silly - volume of posts means nothing really
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Has anyone else had any issues with the captcha system on this forum? On the register page i had to download the audio file and it was totally different then what the captcha said.
All the fucking time. It seems like every post, it takes me three attempts to get through the captcha. Sometimes, I'll never get through even after 5 attempts, when the letters are obviously correct. Its quite annoying.
Edit- It's happening to this post, too.
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The captcha really is crazy haha.
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I think the captcha is frustrating, but required.
It could just due to be a little bit better...
I think the forum min posting before you get out of the newbie discussion is a fine idea.
The OP has a good point that this part of the forum can be just as effective as finding out information as other parts..
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I wanted to reply to a topic about SR withdrawal, but anyways one more on the list of problems - almost 9 hours and my transfer hasn't appeared in blockchain. :-\ Feel somewhat better that I'm not the only one with problems but if someone has a successful withdrawal in the last few hours it would be good to know.
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I don't really mind the newbie section too much, It is annoying but it serves its purpose. One thing that would be cool would be to add sub forums for newbies, having it all crammed into this board makes it very difficult for stuff not to get buried in spam. Or really just buried in general, imagine the entire main forum all on one board, it would be a bitch to find what you're looking for or to get a question answered. Just an idea.
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The law of unintended consequences DPR should know a lot about that given that he is a libertarian.
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One point of view that differs from another often sparks a third new view.
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I understand the policy but I've been a member here for 7 months. I you could I would suggest to make this only for new accounts. And the funny thing is I just say the newbieforum getting spammed to pieces not only by user trying to up their postcount which will happen in half an hour but also lots of ads.
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I understand 100% I am not a true newb only this account is I've been a vendor twice as long as you but this situation is how it is and the spam gets taken care up within a couple minutes.
Watch I'll report the username and all post vanned.
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Hi everyone. As my status say I'm a newbie, I've heard about SR months ago but decided to join in these days. The fact is, I point to be a vendor and to respect the place that probably will make me have a more anonymous, trustworthy job. That's my question: after reached the 50 posts am i allowed to post in vendor's section? In particular, what's the procedure?
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I was reading a few people's recent comments and wanted to make some of my own:
1) I agree with the general idea of the post minimum to deter scammers and such. I haven't heard of any official word about only having a month to reach that number or being stuck here. If that is the case, however, I agree with some of the other users that that seems silly. Many of us have day jobs, lives, etc. that greatly limit how often we can access SR. On top of that, like someone said before me, in a forum as clusterfucked as the newbie forum, particular threads get overshadowed quite quickly. Especially like right now (at the time of this post) when there is 40+ threads of spam going on.
Zombai, do you know anything about this month long time limit to hit 50 posts?
2) I agree with PotatoConnoisseur: Having the newbie forum in one giant block does seem like poor organization. I suppose there could be an argument for the status quo being more effective in deterring spam, but I can't imagine why.
3) I think Incogmagnito (cool name btw) raises some good points as well. The 5 of 5 ratings do seem far too easy to get. I've seen several transactions with people saying the shipment never got there (even domestically) next to a 5 of 5 rating. Something as important as that shouldn't be so superfluous. I also think the option of splitting up finalization is more fair than either doing it early or when the product arrives.
On the other hand, I don't think PGP is as hard as it looks. With only the newbie forum and the Compendium to help me, I was able to figure it out with relative ease. Privnote, while useful in the short term, I think gets to be too much of a hassle once you start ordering things more regularly. What I did was sit down with my computer for about 15-30 minutes (I don't have much time atm) and piece through it little by little. Walking away from computer trouble for a little while keeps you from getting frustrated and thus helps you fix the issue more easily.
Sorry if the post was too long, just trying to be a good supporting member while also aiming for my 50 post mark lol.
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after placing an order when does the finalize button come on the screen ?
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Hey there, just introducing myself. From NZ, looking forward to participating in the community.
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Its been a steep learning curve to get here I must say. This forum has been essential in setting myself up, and I have learnt a few technical tricks along the way that I would love to contribute, but as a newbie I cant. :-[ Oh well, I will keep a list and post them en masse once I have shaken off my newbie status.
Great to be here
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>:( Who the fuck! made it so I can't post anywhere but here! Mother fucking assholes! So what is it? Not old enough? Wrong genitals! MY FUCKING FOUL MOUTH? Lol!
Well, I don't know! I don't come her often. . . ... but the last time I was here I could post anywhere. So this is 'Newbie Discussion'? ??? I joined fucking Silk Road in October - 2011! There is something very wrong with the fuck heads that thought up this bull shit!
AND YES MOTHER FUCKER! IF IT WAS YOU! THEN I'M TAKIN TO YOU! MOTHER FUCKER!
Have a nice day ;D rember - I LOVE YOU! <3
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:D hey! Maybe some phuck-nut made it the number of posts! :-\ soooooooo
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:D hey! Maybe some phuck-nut made it the number of posts! :-\ soooooooo
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:D hey! Maybe some phuck-nut made it the number of posts! :-\ soooooooo
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Sorry kids! I'm almost @ 50! I apologize in advance - BUTTTTT!
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Kk! That's fitty! If it's okay now I'll bid you a-doo-doo! If I still can't post where I FUCKING FEEL LIKE IT! then I'll cancel this account and kiss these chicken shit Silk Road Forums goo-bye!
Latersz dudes - dude-ettes!
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It would be nice if we could apply to a mod to be boosted if we've already been active
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I only post to review threads in the Rumor Mill and have no interest in doing anything else
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I think if you do good as a person on the forums and really help people out, they'd probably notice and may even contact you about that.
Only thing is, I doubt they do that very often so you'd have to be pretty special.
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chow 4 now
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So, For the introductory a user must have 50 post's or so?..coz i can't reply in that post "http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=7427.0"..
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Oops think i got it.."http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=110702.15"
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Maybe it's my age I don't know maybe it's because I had t use my street smart's for 10+ years as a dependant heroin user but it seem's to me that alot of people really shouldn't be here I dont meen to cause offence to anybody and appologise if I do but when I see post's about people worrying about having post come to they're mum's house it make's me wonder what the average age is,I dont care to be honest aslong as you have some common sense,and although I do think nomad came off a bit strong I totally get where your coming from,it must be a pain in the arse especially having to delete all the verwex crap I know it's getting on my nerve's, aswell as seeing thread's being made for thing's such as where to get btc and have I been ripped off because its been 10 mins since buying my btc,just log out and back in again that's the fastest way of I know to update your account found that out monday after sitting refreshing the page for 3 hours and missing last post ::) but it's not to hard to have a looksee around the forums,it's not rocket science,like I told the guy wanting to know how to stash drug's stop over thinking it just go with what feel's safe do a little research first and your gonna be cool,i'm no expert and PGP is getting on my nerves so bad i've had to back away before my laptop goes through a window but i'll figure it out,if I can ever find out what it is i'm supposed to download and when I can actually connect to the servers I need but I use privnote for a temp stop gap not the best solution but better than nothing,if anybody has got a pdf file on PGP for dummies with a basic step by step set up i'de be gratefull and ive got a tormail you could send it to (infact let me see if KAT has anything to DL) because i'm reading the site and having to jump arund page's so much I forget what i've read before simply because there's a lot to take in,if anybody does have a pdf or is willing to sit and type up a step by step guide for a 34 year old that only got a pc 2 year's ago (but isn't stupid I can follow stuff to an extent) i'de be gratefull,i'm not to worried about my address to be honest but it's good to know this stuff even if it's not for use on SR I know I can find plenty of uses for encryption messaging,especially when the NWO take over the world and we all have to be sneaky MOFO's...lol
No offence nomad :)
And no people i'm not arse kissing it's called respect,something you learn to do and earn to get.
Peace
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Dude, I really hate to be a grammar nazi but your post was pretty intense to read... Full stops (periods, "."s) between complete thoughts, pleeeease!!! When you only use commas the reader can't tell if what they're reading pertains to what was just read or if it's a new subject/sentence. I wonder how many people just skipped it because of that. I only read it because I was interested in what you had to say but you lost me somewhere about halfway though...
ps 50!
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So I come back to SRF only to find our bot problem alleviated. Gladly, it only came at the cost of me having to post-boost and to have to enter a captcha :[
Regardless, I am happy to see the forums in a better shape than when I left. Thanks to all the mods for making this a more secure forum.
B
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Ohh... this new rule is because of all those "cheap bitcoin" scam threads... that explains a lot.
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But if only it were something like 25 posts, 50 is a lot!
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50 is a lot. Pity we're still getting those bitcoin scam posts
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Hi @all!
I registered a few days ago on SR and I read a ton about it. But nevertheless it's really tricky! So perhaps I'm a little female idiot and I'm too scared... but...
--> when I want to buy some powder by a domestic vendor, is that pretty sure as all says in the forum?
--> In your experience: What is safer to buy powder on the street or on SR?
Is there someone out who has experience to still my fears about buy something on SR?
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Okay I was pretty confused today, when I wanted to post somewhere and couldn't anymore. I even registered a second account for testing until I realized this newbie section..
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Hello everyone. new vendor here trying to expand my list of legit customers. got the best bud for cheapest ive seen on the road so far. trying this with cannabis first, before i put some of the finest peruvian flake you can find, up for sale. enjoy the smoke!
the peruvianconnection
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Are members still locked of this forum once they hit 50?
I'm sure it's been said before but I'll say it anyway (mostly to boost my post count), what about people who are genuinely valuable and useful to the community but are new here. Take that ex-prosecutor, HJSlinger? Something like that, his thread would be nothing if he could only post in here. The throwaway accounts giving insider information would no doubt get lost. Assuming 50+ people still can't post in here.
Seen there is a thread giving legal advice...Why the need for two? Once people reach 50 I doubt they'd come back to check here for information...You'd need to set up a new account just to ask a question.
Had a little look to see if this is still the case, looks like it is? ...Had another look...it has been sorted I guess. Problem solved.
(I've written this now...I'm not gonnna not post it).
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Hi @all!
I registered a few days ago on SR and I read a ton about it. But nevertheless it's really tricky! So perhaps I'm a little female idiot and I'm too scared... but...
--> when I want to buy some powder by a domestic vendor, is that pretty sure as all says in the forum?
--> In your experience: What is safer to buy powder on the street or on SR?
Is there someone out who has experience to still my fears about buy something on SR?
Hi there,
Your question is as such that you expect a very black and white answer. I do not think anyone can answer this for you with certainty (correct me if I am wrong), if you have an awesome street guy that you know of very, very well then it could be just as risky as SR or less risky. It depends on so many factors, if the vendor on SR is using really good stealth packaging and what not then it does not really make much difference what it is you are buying. A professional, long time vendor with good feedback and many transactions with a year membership will probably deliver more reliably than a street guy. Read up on packaging stealth in the forums, I stumbled upon a very useful thread once explaining the importance of uniformly distributing the contents inside the package making it look less like powder or pills or whatever. But there are also so many other things these professional vendors are doing right.
I hope I have not confused you further, but it depends on so many factors. The best advice I can give you is to not take anyone's advice on a whim, do a lot of reading on the forums and in the SR wiki, try to find stuff that applies to your country. Domestic shipments are usually very, very safe. I would say that in my country, which has very strict customs, (only one order from Netherlands caught by customs because Netherlands is flagged and vendor used poor packaging methods), any domestic purchase would more than likely come the next day and also be as safe as it can be.
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page SR WIKI
I choose to do ALL of my drug purchases here on SR since I stumbled upon it a few months ago. I have been scammed once of about 350 USD. IN MY EXPERIENCE: I still believe SR to be worth it and that it is safer for me than in the streets of my country considering the rate of success I have had with good vendors so far. What I am trying to say is...
Make up your own damn mind! To quote the great Oracle, it is still a risk there is no denying that. If you choose to use SR, do research as much as you can to minimise the risk (read your local drug laws, read up on stealth packaging in SR, find out which vendor is reliable and pro etc).
Sincerely,
Entity
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Nomad,
This Newbie forum is, and always will be, useless. This whole policy was poorly thought out from the beginning. I'm an established vendor doing business for 6 months. I have a legitimate review thread in the proper location. Not only do I have to spam 50 messages to be able to access my own damn review thread, but worse than that, new customers won't be able to post their feedback on my product. Now my thread will be fragmented, with separate comments in the newbie section.
Likewise, I was legitimately contributing to other threads with a different username that I will now have to start a whole new discussion in the newbie forum, where the "pros" aren't even going to be looking at.
If the goal was to reduce spamming, then this policy fails big time. I've spent two hours today spamming the damn forums to gain access again, and I'm likely going to have to do it with my other account too.
Brilliant plan!
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There are so many spam threads, now it's difficult to even pretend to post here.
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it's ridiculous. can we just do something like writing a quick application to the admin and get activated after 24h hrs or something like that?
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or make a setting that you can only make one post every 15 mins.. this would increase the overall quality of posting as well i guess
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Yeah, the 50 post thing is perhaps not the best idea (some good ideas coming out of g4nj4g4nj4 though), but if the powers that be are spending their time elsewhere making the Silkroad safer it's a price I'm willing to pay.
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Great, so I can't post to threads I have been posting before...
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I think 30 posts would have sufficed.
I can't wait to get to 50; my post quality will rise and my post quantity will drop.
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Hello,my dear friends,my name is Osifo and i'm from russia, so sorry for my english!!!
I worked with many internet auctions such as ebay etc. But things i want to buy here are different)
So, i need to ask you how can i buy them most confident?
What kind of shipping should i used?
Should i use a track no?
I can't use a fake Name because it should match to my address
And finally i should to take my parcels from my local post office (not from a postman only if its not courier delivery)
Thank you very much for the answers
With the best regards, Osifo
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I think 30 posts would have sufficed.
I can't wait to get to 50; my post quality will rise and my post quantity will drop.
I fully agree, 50 just seems a tad excessive. By 30 posts you'd be pretty familiar with how the road works by then.
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dozens of buys / $$$ spent
* Longtime buyer - Newbie poster * :-*
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Great, so I can't post to threads I have been posting before...
What do you mean? is the 50 post thing relatively recent or something? im new to the forums
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I´m not a fan of this new rule. Right now I need to get into a discussion about a possible scammer — but I cant. I´ve been a member for almost a year.
^this.
'cept I wanted to praise a lovely bth vendor. ...frustrating in the extreme.
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I´m not a fan of this new rule. Right now I need to get into a discussion about a possible scammer — but I cant. I´ve been a member for almost a year.
^this.
'cept I wanted to praise a lovely bth vendor. ...frustrating in the extreme.
yeah i wish i would have started posting earlier, i didn't realize there was a limit like this
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If I set up a tormail.org account and lost my password does that mean the account is gone forever?
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Оk guys, thanks a lot for your help
Just wanna to say hello to all of you
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If I set up a tormail.org account and lost my password does that mean the account is gone forever?
It's safe to say it's a goner.
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anyone other thinks that SR staff takes always sellers side if seller brings in enough money(i mean like seller rank top 1%) when escrow goes to staffs judgement? i just got raped in the ass by supertrips and SR staff. supertrips did not show any proof that he even sent any pills for me, ofc we dealt through escrow and I waited ~50 days to get this case closed. Supertrips just commented that "your address is flagged, refund 0%" and staff accepted that. In supertrips T&C says, 100% refund or resend if package wont show. I never got anything, waited through xmas holidays extensions with resolution center. when i didn't want to get resend (because it has turned it is very very hard to get packets through scandinavian customs nowadays) resolution center just released my money to ST and said its my fault my address is flagged. AND I AM PRETTY SURE MY ADDRESS IS NOT "flagged" BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY GOT NICE PIECE OF HASH WITH INTERNATIONAL MAIL. its just, I did not want to get resend because it was worth big money( ok only ~450 usd, big amount of cash for me but maybe not for everyone).
I sent message for ST if he still wants to give me some refund, lets see what he answers before I go to leave feedback. ofc 1/5 if nothing changes, but if ST or SR Staff comes to some other resolution than 0% refund then i will give 5/5.
This just makes me feel like ST is doing huge ending-scam ATM because he just changed his T&C to FE every order under 1000 usd.
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this was something like fifth or sixth deal I made with ST and always before everything has went perfect, always packets to scandinavia in 4 days and really dont want to believe he just turned scammer.
was I just too blue-eyed faith with SR Staff and ST? I really wanted to believe in SR Staff but this is first case what went to their judgement, and now i feel i got 10 inch dildo in my ass.
Remember always when doing drug-business that nothing is 100% sure and you're ALWAYS DOING BUSINESS WITH CRIMINALS, in every country in the world dealing drugs is illegal. so use your brains and NEVER FE! I have never finalized early and it was very very hard and it took a while to get those couple first deals done and built some "reputation" but after that, every good vendor accepts escrow. and even if your money is in escrow, its not 100% sure, there is always change your money is gone.
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Was anyone able to follow the instructions to purchasing Bitcoins posted by drjaysmith a few days ago? I had a bunch of problems getting on the mtgox site etc. Can anyone suggest another method of obtaining bitcoins please? :-\
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Hi everybody
there is something I can't understand with this new rules
I ama legit SR Vendor, I am here as a seller for more than 6 monthes
I have always be between 95% and 100% in my selling stats
etc....etc....
But what a surprise I can't even post in my own official thread
I mean I have created a Thread for my customers 6 monthes ago
This thread is linked on my main vendor page so my customers can post their review, delivery issues....
BUT NOW I CAN'T ACCESS TO MY OWN FORUM PAGE
So I can't reply
I can't post new about my listings and special offer
What's wrong with you guys
I understand your 50 posts rules
But really....I have other things to do with my real life job and my Silk Road order than spend my time to reach this 50posts
The stupid thing in this situation is that like other newbies I will reply and post bullshit thing just to increase my post count
I can understand the rule for newbie but for the legit and old seller it's a non sense
And I know that other seller are in this situation, just because they don't spend all their time in the forum and don't have 50 posts
If a mod can aswer me it would be great
Thx
Merlin
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Was anyone able to follow the instructions to purchasing Bitcoins posted by drjaysmith a few days ago? I had a bunch of problems getting on the mtgox site etc. Can anyone suggest another method of obtaining bitcoins please? :-\
I too had tried Mt Gox and also encountered problems. Someone suggested: blockchain.info which is an online site which is pretty easy. It allows you to create a wallet. If its cash deposits your looking to do, press "pay cash", it will direct you to bitinstant. You get an invoice in which you would go to Walmart or other places in your area that accept "blue" money grams. Not sure if this is available in your area but pretty simple procedure.
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There is a valid reason behind this requirement, but the execution feels really sloppy for such a savvy operation. This is just not an eloquent solution, and the techs behind SR are so far and beyond rockstar... this is a quick lube on a squeaky wheel maybe? It doesn't flow for me, but ok....
I can't bring myself to post in one or six of the "spam to 50"... goes against the grain... (fuggin ethics... pita.)
SO... what if I have knowledge or experience that could directly answer a question or circumstance in a thread I can't post in? PMing a mod seems wrong... asking a buddy with a high enough post count to post for me doesn't fly with me either. Yes, the information could be (even mostly) useful to someone new, but it could also be in the interest of a veteran of SR but new to needles or new to mdma or new to fucking dubstep (tho, I won't help with that on principle, but that dude in Wikipedia was right when he said dubstep was made for K).
dig? or maybe I'm out of line.... i usually am.
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There is a valid reason behind this requirement, but the execution feels really sloppy for such a savvy operation. This is just not an eloquent solution, and the techs behind SR are so far and beyond rockstar... this is a quick lube on a squeaky wheel maybe? It doesn't flow for me, but ok....
I can't bring myself to post in one or six of the "spam to 50"... goes against the grain... (fuggin ethics... pita.)
SO... what if I have knowledge or experience that could directly answer a question or circumstance in a thread I can't post in? PMing a mod seems wrong... asking a buddy with a high enough post count to post for me doesn't fly with me either. Yes, the information could be (even mostly) useful to someone new, but it could also be in the interest of a veteran of SR but new to needles or new to mdma or new to fucking dubstep (tho, I won't help with that on principle, but that dude in Wikipedia was right when he said dubstep was made for K).
dig? or maybe I'm out of line.... i usually am.
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NO dolly! You are NOT!
How could this possible help stop spamming? And what about members who just don't care for forums because of too many reasons to list. We just come here like maybe you say. When we have something to offer. This account is 10 months old. We've been member for 14 months! Why do I have to come in here all of a sudden to post some shipping news and find I could no longer post.
You're cool blue - and don't be. You don't see me apologizing for just numbering post to be done with this - do you?
Ciao!
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My apologies to all!
Cum visit us sometime! Especially you blue!
I'm outtie!
Mom
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Am i allowed to spam in here?
sorry for my thread, could have asked here... :P
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So I have posted once before I have been researching and am trying to set up pgp I do not want to bother anyone but this shit confuses my dumb ass I have been on the main download pg and never connected do i need to exit Tor to make my pgp key what is a pgp key what the fuck! I am not really a slow person or so i thought but now I wonder and please give me a hint I believe it is to every ones best interest to be encrypted but whf do I know????
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oh heck :-)
tchopitupk +1 Karma to ya :-p
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Am i allowed to spam in here?
sorry for my thread, could have asked here... :P
idk but I would try the 'spam' section in case posts are deleted, hapens from time to time. i think there r a few official spam threds. seem a safer bet.
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fist post ;)
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How much posts do I need to be able to post in the other Sections ?
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50 i think :)
Peace,
ChemCat
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I'm on a good way.
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Yep another 49 docbader and you can also give karma
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Whew!
My apologies to all!
Cum visit us sometime! Especially you blue!
I'm outtie!
Mom
Haha, Wewt wewt wewt.
Good on ya, baby.... how's it feel to be a... shit, what the fuck is it called? Junior?!! lolz.... does it tingle in all your special places? ;)
SR Forum... look out, Mom's home!
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Good sig. Kush a vendor, no idea who nod is tho lol. Not Noddy the childrens character? LMAO
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So I have posted once before I have been researching and am trying to set up pgp I do not want to bother anyone but this shit confuses my dumb ass I have been on the main download pg and never connected do i need to exit Tor to make my pgp key what is a pgp key what the fuck! I am not really a slow person or so i thought but now I wonder and please give me a hint I believe it is to every ones best interest to be encrypted but whf do I know????
good place to ask is security but that is off road to newbies so possible a mod will see your qestion and answer you heer.. wht do you mean what is a pgp key LMAO. there is a sticky on this in security, but I cant remember it, so in mean time enter this addy: http://32yehzkk7jflf6r2.onion/gpg4usb/. This ebriefly gives a run-down on it, or at leest setting it up. it also gives link to download page on (clearnet site) http://gpg4usb.cpunk.de/download.html. Just download this and follow prompts.
GPG4USB is generaly considered a better option than GPG4win which is not the most user frendliest. Lemme know if u still stuck after this.
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Thank you :D
Nod is a vendor.
Lovely bth, good coke.
All-around cool customer.
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I can understand this 50 post rule, but all I wanted to do was type up a trip report. Obviously it wouldn't seem that legit coming from someone with only 1 post, but still..
I'm getting to 50 posts because the (DMT)trip was amazing and I really want to type up a report for the seller, but I hate spamming a forum. Oh well, would you like eggs with your spam and spam?
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I can understand this 50 post rule, but all I wanted to do was type up a trip report. Obviously it wouldn't seem that legit coming from someone with only 1 post, but still..
I'm getting to 50 posts because the (DMT)trip was amazing and I really want to type up a report for the seller, but I hate spamming a forum. Oh well, would you like eggs with your spam and spam?
green ones!
+1 on your 50 post opinion... a valid reason, an excessive requirement and all-around in-eloquent solution... I wrote what I presume where fairly thoughtful or at least funny posts until about 25, and finally said fuggit even tho it goes against the grain because I've been an sr member and a member of this forum for a year with like 46 transactions and $8K spent w/ 0 auto and 0 refund and if I have something to offer in the way of a review or harm reduction or a tickle, i should be able to reply to the relevant post, werd? - spam it baby, yeah... anyway....
your post reminded me of some doc i watched about DMT and it seemed like the experience is a lot like K (or well, the way i do K , anyway, which is probably fairly rare... liquid vials from a vet and IV'd... fuckmedead, that trip isn't exactly to the edge but close and a few times i wasn't sure if i was coming back, hehe) and I wondered if that resonates with you or not.
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Are you fucking serious?
I've been selling here for 18 months, have many hundreds of transactions and near perfect feedback, but I'm not trusted to post anywhere but in the kiddie pool? This is the stupidest fucking policy I've ever heard of.
Can i be given posting priveleges, please, or do you really think requiring me to spam the hell out of this forum for a few hours is a better solution?
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Are you fucking serious?
I've been selling here for 18 months, have many hundreds of transactions and near perfect feedback, but I'm not trusted to post anywhere but in the kiddie pool? This is the stupidest fucking policy I've ever heard of.
Can i be given posting priveleges, please, or do you really think requiring me to spam the hell out of this forum for a few hours is a better solution?
Yeah, i feel ya betty...
I agree that a noob sub is a solution of sorts...
and works on a million billion forums...
BUT
50 is fucking OTT
and i KNOW these rock-star nerds (god, they make me hawt, for realz) know the eloquent mathematics to keep the actual noobs confined to the kiddie pool whilst letting us long time buyers and even more-so our long time vendors have a pass... in their defense... um.... er..... working on that, i'll get back to ya ;) ,....
the last time i played in the kiddie pool i came home in the morning with tissue damage...
^^hahaha, that's almost quotable..... :-P
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Is it really that difficult to get to 50 posts?
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I need to post a review in the others forums..
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Is it really that difficult to get to 50 posts?
well, no, of course not.
Is it difficult to compose 50 thoughtful, useful or simply entertaining posts?
well, no, of course not.
caveat... do I feel I should have to spend my valuable time composing those posts in a sub-forum that aren't likely to be read?
well, no, of course not.
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Is it really that difficult to get to 50 posts?
It's a pain in the ass, and serves no good reason, as far as I can tell.
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just by holding this conversation about 50 posts is gettin ya up there betty :p
sit down ..just for a minute :)
right here --> X
LOL :p
keep the conversation goin :)
Peace,
ChemCat
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+1 Karma to ya BashfulBetty :)
Peace,
ChemCat
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I haven't read the whole thread but I agree with the OP. Have you seen the amount of spam and trolling on the other forums?!
However, I'd like to expand on my opinion in case one of the moderators is reading:
I think the general idea of this rule is good, but it's too restrictive - I think the 50+ posts rule should not apply to members who have been here for more than say a month. There are members here who have been here for months (I've been a member for a year) but don't post often. This rule isn't fair to older members who only post thoughtful posts but haven't reached 50+ posts. People who are here with the intent to spam or troll do not have several accounts that are months old. This rule should be adjusted to allow older members to post regardless of how many they have in the past.
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I see both sides. On one hand I actually learnt alot of valuable info before jumping into SR. On the other hand I want to share my insights under the approprate thread.
Oh well.
(how many to go?)
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At least make an 'announcements' thread to include the latest news. ie 50 posts required to use the forum
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I was introduced to SR about three weeks ago and have been trying to do as much research as possible before placing my first order. However there is one question I have not been able to find the answer to. My question is about the vendors adjusting the price of their product based on the changing value of bitcoins.(assuming that they do) Because, what was once a reasonable price two months ago is now an exorbitant amount. I'm sure there is a simple answer to this, but i did not want to ask any vendors a potentially (newb) question. If anyone knows the answer to this please let me know asap. I am anxious to get started! Thanks.
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I was introduced to SR about three weeks ago and have been trying to do as much research as possible before placing my first order. However there is one question I have not been able to find the answer to. My question is about the vendors adjusting the price of their product based on the changing value of bitcoins.(assuming that they do) Because, what was once a reasonable price two months ago is now an exorbitant amount. I'm sure there is a simple answer to this, but i did not want to ask any vendors a potentially (newb) question. If anyone knows the answer to this please let me know asap. I am anxious to get started! Thanks.
Quite a few vendors have the dollar price of BTC linked into their price. Thus the price of their product can go up and down a little every day. I've seen a few that do not change also, on occasion.
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I think the ones that don't change have 'hedged' the Btc/$ so as to avoid the heavy fluctuation
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I was introduced to SR about three weeks ago and have been trying to do as much research as possible before placing my first order. However there is one question I have not been able to find the answer to. My question is about the vendors adjusting the price of their product based on the changing value of bitcoins.(assuming that they do) Because, what was once a reasonable price two months ago is now an exorbitant amount. I'm sure there is a simple answer to this, but i did not want to ask any vendors a potentially (newb) question. If anyone knows the answer to this please let me know asap. I am anxious to get started! Thanks.
I've posted a thread specifically asking about this. From what I was told it depends on the vendor; some vendors' prices reflect the change of the BTC value, while others choose that their BTC prices stay the same, regardless of the current value of BTC. If you see a vendor whose prices do not change based on the changing value of BTC, you can always PM them to work something out regarding the price. Or if you don't like their prices you can go to another vendor. Hope this helped.
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been a member of SR for 8~ months & about 10 orders, i just recently tried to leave a review but seems my post count has me locked out of "rumor mill" forums preventing me from leaving reviews? I've left 2 reviews prior to this.
Can only post here so that's what im doing to increase post count ;p
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I haven't read the whole thread but I agree with the OP. Have you seen the amount of spam and trolling on the other forums?!
However, I'd like to expand on my opinion in case one of the moderators is reading:
I think the general idea of this rule is good, but it's too restrictive - I think the 50+ posts rule should not apply to members who have been here for more than say a month. There are members here who have been here for months (I've been a member for a year) but don't post often. This rule isn't fair to older members who only post thoughtful posts but haven't reached 50+ posts. People who are here with the intent to spam or troll do not have several accounts that are months old. This rule should be adjusted to allow older members to post regardless of how many they have in the past.
It has certainly come in for a lot of criticism and angst, I am still getting multiple pm's a day expressing some very strong opinions on the 50 post rule.
My observations thus far are this, yes it has upset some forum members, especially those who have been around for a while but not posted much, it has also affected some vendors who found themselves in the same situation.
On the plus side it has significantly reduced the spam, both myself and scout can delete spammer accounts easily now and that has greatly reduced the influx across all the sub forums.
Is this the best way to achieve this outcome? only time will tell, I am pleased to see this sub forum being used more proactively with a few less 'just trying to reach my 50 post' spam threads but I can also appreciate the frustration felt by many.
And before anyone flames me, the 50 post rule was not my idea or doing, I found out about it the same as everyone else, when I logged in. I suspect it is also here to stay so endless complaining really isn't going to help anyone, my only advise is try to use the time productively and make your 50.
If anyone would like to pass on constructive advise and/or suggestions you should contact one of the admins.
ssbd
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Been on the road for a while now and before that i was an experienced drug user. Some months ago i made a forum account here too because i wanted to ask a question here. Now i came back and cant post anymore lol. I can make some bs post but 50?? I dont have time for it and i cant even remember i was a noob ;D Anyway i agree this sucks donkeydick. The idea is fine but its should be 10 not 50 ;)
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I have been working with PGP and checking out these discussion topics and am please with the level information I am learning! I recommend all newbies check out the forums especially the shipping section I just currently finished up with that and learned a few good things! I believe if you are going to do something do it all the way if you half ass it you will regret it! TK
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Is it really that difficult to get to 50 posts?
It's a pain in the ass, and serves no good reason, as far as I can tell.
That's for sure- It just produces a load of senseless posts.
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At what post count can karma be given out?
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Hi I was just wondering what I need to do to be able to post on regular forums on here? I have been a member of TSR for 2 months now but have just started to use the message boards. I want to post on a sellers page that I have bought from 6 times now but can't. Any help would be great.
Thank you
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Hi I was just wondering what I need to do to be able to post on regular forums on here? I have been a member of TSR for 2 months now but have just started to use the message boards. I want to post on a sellers page that I have bought from 6 times now but can't. Any help would be great.
Thank you
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At what post count can karma be given out?
100
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At least make an 'announcements' thread to include the latest news. ie 50 posts required to use the forum
Now that would not much fun! I think is hilarious! Keep em comin
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has anyone had problems getting the signup page on tormail?
im trying to get it but all i get is this:
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/home/tm/templates/general_error.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/share/pear') in /home/tm/modules/global_http.php on line 11
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Has there been anyone who has run into trouble with weed through the mail? Would you say that the majority of sellers have the right info to get around this?
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Has there been anyone who has run into trouble with weed through the mail? Would you say that the majority of sellers have the right info to get around this?
Never had an issue getting weed through the mail domestically. Not a once out of many purchases. I've had hash come in from OS a few times, but I wouldn't personally recommend ordering weed from OS. It's easier for customs to nab being bulky and organic. Cheers
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Slartybartfast....
you forgot to tell him not to forget his towel. ever.
;)
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Site looks good. Cheers
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Hi
Can anyone tell me about bitcoins, their value, where and how to get them? I'm a little new to this but excited at the prospect!!!
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Slartybartfast....
you forgot to tell him not to forget his towel. ever.
;)
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Gold :-)
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Hi
Can anyone tell me about bitcoins, their value, where and how to get them? I'm a little new to this but excited at the prospect!!!
Depends on what country you are in, try using the search function and do some reading, I am sure all will become clear soon enough :-)
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Slartybartfast....
you forgot to tell him not to forget his towel. ever.
;)
--blue
Gold :-)
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Yay!! Hahahaha. Thanks, man. :D
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Hi
Can anyone tell me about bitcoins, their value, where and how to get them? I'm a little new to this but excited at the prospect!!!
Oh boy, those are a lot of hard to answer questions at once. As for getting Bitcoins fast and easy, I would suggest trying out bitinstant or bitcoin-24. Regarding the Value, just hit up Mt.Gox or some shit like that to read up on the current Trade value!
Any other more in-depth questions?
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Does the prices for products adjust as bitcoins increase in price!!
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yes price is adjusted to $ ammount
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Hey all.
I was going to post a new thread to ask this very specific question, but then noticed this thread and decided to ask here.
Anyway, I just made my first order and am wondering if I should worry about a top vendor that does not seem to be up on his game when it comes to security.
First of all, this is a top 15%** vendor with more than 200** transactions, >98%** satisfaction rate, and an active review thread here on the forums. The trouble started when I sent him my address which I encrypted at 2048 bits using gpg4win. He sent me a message ~27 hours later saying he had a problem with the message and asked if I could re-encrypt it or send it with privnote. Now, I am 99.9% sure I encrypted it right, but just to make sure I:
1) Made a public/private key with my anonymous information
2) Saved his 1024 bit public key in a .txt file using notepad and imported it into gpg4win
3) Opened up the clipboard and wrote a brief message including my address and MY public key
4) Encrypted the message using HIS public key
5) Pasted the encrypted message in the order form and checked out
Now, I looked into privnote and I really do not feel comfortable using it because there are too many unknowns. For example, somebody else might have access to his tormail account or privnote might itself be corrupt.
Now, here is where I started to get suspect about his security practices. I noticed that on his seller profile, several links are given as .onion.to addresses. This leads me to believe that he may be using onion.to to conduct business and read my private messages, and I am unsure about the safety of it. If it is NOT safe, as I suspect, then he is putting me in major risk of exposure.
So, what does anyone think, am I safe? I am pretty sure that even if this goes through I won't order form this vendor again. I made the order on Feb 3 at 9:30pm UTC and he didn't message me for over 24 hours, and the reply I sent him 2 hours after he sent his message hasn't even been read. This just seems very rude of him.
**I adjusted with worse figures because I do not want to give away who this vendor is. If I have nothing to worry about, then I do not want him to get bad exposure.
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Some guy has a bitcoin wallet used for normal bitcoin purchases. This means his identity is probably known to folks willing to put the time and effort into analyzing the bitcoin traffic. If he transfers directly from this wallet to bitcoin he comes under suspicion.
What's the best practice?
Thank you! Hobnobbit
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Is it safe to upload an avatar picture directly from my computer or should I use a different method like from a flashdrive?
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Is it safe to upload an avatar picture directly from my computer or should I use a different method like from a flashdrive?
I would just upload the picture from the computer, sounds safe to me, but then again I'm not that paranoid.
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whats the general accepting procedure when messaging a vendor with pgp - should you include a heading saying 'pgp' message, or just pgp the whole thing and explain in there?
and am i correct in that, if they dont have my public key but i have theres, they can still read the message?
and should you just order without messaging, or is a good idea to message first and check if things are still in stock etc?
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Hmmm. I haven't been here for a while, and now I can't post anywhere but here? I'm not one to complain but.......
I have 23 posts, and enjoy discussions in the Philosophy forum. Is there a way I can bypass this? I know Silk Road, I know bitcoin, and I know PGP, and I know how to use the search bar if I have a question.
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Now, I looked into privnote and I really do not feel comfortable using it because there are too many unknowns.
I think privnote is probably legit, but the fewer third parties you use, the better. I would trust your gut on this one.
Now, here is where I started to get suspect about his security practices. I noticed that on his seller profile, several links are given as .onion.to addresses. This leads me to believe that he may be using onion.to to conduct business and read my private messages, and I am unsure about the safety of it. If it is NOT safe, as I suspect, then he is putting me in major risk of exposure.
onion.to's servers must connect through tor. The added insecurity is onion.to itself (which I don't think is an issue) and the connection between onion.to and the seller (unless it's via ssl, which I don't know if onion.to offers or not). Either way, if you're messaging something you would be worried if other people saw, it should be encrypted. Then it doesn't matter if other people see it.
So, what does anyone think, am I safe? I am pretty sure that even if this goes through I won't order form this vendor again. I made the order on Feb 3 at 9:30pm UTC and he didn't message me for over 24 hours, and the reply I sent him 2 hours after he sent his message hasn't even been read. This just seems very rude of him.
If everything sensitive was encrypted as you describe, yes, it sounds like you're safe. Whether or not you choose to use this vendor again is your choice. I probably wouldn't either, but I've only heard your side of the story.
and am i correct in that, if they dont have my public key but i have theres, they can still read the message?
Yes.
and should you just order without messaging, or is a good idea to message first and check if things are still in stock etc?
If the listing is still up, it's likely in stock unless they have a substitution policy. You can message first, but that might annoy high volume sellers. It's up to you, but if you're not FingE, it's probably not necessary.
I have 23 posts, and enjoy discussions in the Philosophy forum. Is there a way I can bypass this? I know Silk Road, I know bitcoin, and I know PGP, and I know how to use the search bar if I have a question.
Well then you're the minority ;] It would be nice if somehow you could use a transaction ID to be able to post in that vendor's review thread. It seems unfair to both buyers and sellers that there have to be 50 posts before a review can be left. People just spam to get to 50 anyway which kind of defeats the purpose of the spam policy.
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Hmmm. I haven't been here for a while, and now I can't post anywhere but here? I'm not one to complain but.......
I have 23 posts, and enjoy discussions in the Philosophy forum. Is there a way I can bypass this? I know Silk Road, I know bitcoin, and I know PGP, and I know how to use the search bar if I have a question.
tell me about it. iv been a vendor for almost a year and have been on the forums for almost that long to keep up on on reviews and what not. i dont have time to go around the forum blabbing all day so my post count is low. now all the sudden i cant post in my own dam topic UGGG
talk to me about 22 more times lol
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Is PGP needed to complete a transaction?
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PGP is not required unless the vendor is requiring it. Sending your address to them unencrypted may get your order cancelled. learning pgp is not that hard and there is a club stickied above to help everyone learn.
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and should you just order without messaging, or is a good idea to message first and check if things are still in stock etc?
I'd order first and you can put your message in your order. If you wait for a reply about whether the item is sold out or not, the item might sell out. All items have a number of them available to purchase in the listing. That number changes as the item gets bought up.
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Is it safe to upload an avatar picture directly from my computer or should I use a different method like from a flashdrive?
When uploading pictures I like to erase the hidden metadata first. Tails has a simple app that seems to do it. Metadata can sometimes tell gps location info and such. Avatars found on the web (rather than created from your own picture) might not have dangerous metadata? I don't really know, but thought I should mention this issue.
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Wow that is interesting about the metadata from pics taken from the web. I had heard that (why i dont have an avy) but one uploaded from my computer from the web still has metadata as I understand?
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Only 15 more posts and then i can once easily be part of discussions and ask ?s w/o remembering what i post i was here and proly not get an answer anyway. Or have to pay a mod ;) had a second noshow it looks like. The vendor is refunding, I am very impressed so far with the communication, but it's a mystery so far. I wonder if others have had problems with pkgs with Dutch return addresses? That has been the source of both my no shows.i know irl, seeds are sometimes confiscated. I dislike having to stick to only US vendors:( SR is so worldly, why wouldnt I?
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฿tc price just hit $22.00 USD !!! Bottom's gonna fall out soon!
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I need some advice plz.I had an order not arrive, the vendor offered to reship or refund 50-65%.. What does a buyer get bck if they use escrow resolve? I feel like if he didnt have tracking, well i dont know whats the best - refund at half price or resolve? Plz help me out , I never had this sitch- the other no show (ironically the same country of origin) guy refunded 100% and i gave him a btc for his trouble. Thanks so much for telling me the policy of what resolve does...ill look in forums but im feeling badly and order will autofinalize tomorrow, and thats not good/ Thx again /
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The only bad part about resolution is that it goes on your record. I'm not sure if that effects a new vendor choosing to do business with you. I'd like to have a perfect record, but I'm not sure its possible
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Metadata can sometimes tell gps location info and such.
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Wow that is a freak out.
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Slartybartfast....
you forgot to tell him not to forget his towel. ever.
;)
--blue
Gold :-)
+1
Yay!! Hahahaha. Thanks, man. :D
Can you see your face in my posts? Like, every one? I quoted you once and then it glitched and now every-time I write you are there in every post, at bottom right corner. Doesn't matter.
Not sure why I made this post. :-\
Piece out. Drive safely. Eat plenty.
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For about a week, I have been trying to obtain my account's depositing address. On the 'first_deposit' page, i get a box of text ending with:
"Once you are ready, send your deposit to this address:"
And nothing after that. There is also no 'get new address' button i keep hearing about. I know this is a hassle, I have been spamming threads about it, but can a mod please try to walk me through this or help me figure it out?
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want my 5ß0 posts ffs
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Some guy has a bitcoin wallet used for normal bitcoin purchases. This means his identity is probably known to folks willing to put the time and effort into analyzing the bitcoin traffic. If he transfers directly from this wallet to bitcoin he comes under suspicion.
What's the best practice?
Thank you! Hobnobbit
I wonder about this too... I'm having trouble finding a decent bitcoin guide for all my questions...:
Can I make a wallet, put a BTC in it, write it to paper and give that paper to someone like cash? If I bought btc by transferring slave money directly from my slavey bank account to someone else's (possibly known as a vendor of btc) slavey bank account, is there a way for le to follow the blockchain transactions and discover where my btc end up?
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Yes the blockchain contains all information. Don't connect your bank account to your BTC or SR activity. The blockchain is public but the identity of the owners is not. Convert cash to BTC. This should be rule number one for any sticky. You can do this by depositing cash at a bank of america to bitfloor.
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Yes the blockchain contains all information. Don't connect your bank account to your BTC or SR activity. The blockchain is public but the identity of the owners is not. Convert cash to BTC. This should be rule number one for any sticky. You can do this by depositing cash at a bank of america to bitfloor.
This ^^^ I can't stress this enough. I f you dont know this, you really should not buy here until you learn this iportant rule.
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Well filling this section with useless spam post for username boost post is not the right way to use this area and if it doesnt start being used in a productive manner it's gonna get some rules that make it even harder.
Most forums that use this type of section would allow boost posts a to reach the required posts to move on from the section.
This is a new section I see no reason why there can't be vendor reviews by newbs here as well as the rumor mill, it's not like there not gonna be a constant new crop of newbs that could use info in this section help them rather than this pointless fodder of crap posts. This is a new born section so of course it's gonna need a little time to become organized and setup to be just as useful as the other sections of the forum...treating it like a punishment for being new is not the way to look at it. Why not create threads yopu can leave behind to grow as a legacy, Like FAQ's on certain subjects that new members and browse as a location to answers everyone have when first getting into the forum community.
Basically I'm just telling you guys that this current spam boosting post crap is gonna be a limited thing soon it's gonna be phased out because this is also to slow the increase of throw away shrill accounts as well in the forum that creates all kinds of deception in feedback and review threads in the rumor mill. It's only currently be allowed because it was put into place without anyone given in warning.
This section isnt just for the btc spammers but for slowing down several issues that plague the community.
I want everyone to understand that the answers you get here are gonna be from the most knowledgeable in the community. As long as ppl say this is a useless section than that's how many will think but in reality it's far from useless and can be very much a great section for easing into the way things work around here and the do's and don't for new members. I believe posts in this section are just as important as posts in any other section. We reap what we sow.
X)
nomad
Well Stated, sir! I agree. Yet honest questions get about 9 views and 2 replies, and last check... another spam thread "PLACE SPAM HERE TO GET 50" had 26,651 Replies vs. 31,000 plus views. That is what I wanted answered. Why cant these threads get blocked or locked?
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฿tc price just hit $22.00 USD !!! Bottom's gonna fall out soon!
Amazing what can happen in 4 months time!
Here's one that's been bouncing around my noggin.
Is it a good idea to "get a new identity" by going up to the onion drop down menu say every 1/2 hour?
Sometimes I'm on for several hours, and then it hits me, paranoia. I was just wondering any good guidelines to follow regarding that useful tool?
Thanks
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Jeeze, this got bumped from Pet Cemetary. What gives So Alone? ???
Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.
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A little bummed that I have to use this category till I make 50 posts but meh, oh well
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A little bummed that I have to use this category till I make 50 posts but meh, oh well
You mean spamming? Don't do that on this thread man, this is a normal thread. Do it on a spamming thread or else it has to be "cleaned". Spam threads have "spam"in the title.
Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.
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A few posts back someone mentioned a tails application to erase metadata in digial pics. However, the name of the application was not mentioned. Can somebody tell me what it is or if I need to install it on tails?
Thanks
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A few posts back someone mentioned a tails application to erase metadata in digial pics. However, the name of the application was not mentioned. Can somebody tell me what it is or if I need to install it on tails?
Thanks
I didn't read that post. You mean Eraser? There's also another program that cleans a pic of metadata, I have forgotten it. I can't tell you too much about TAILS as I do not have it, but one of the .PRGs is Eraser.
Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.
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ya sure you betcha jose
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Thanks for hints. I was able to find a CLI utility called jhead I can install in tails.
To remove all EXIF info from a single image just open a terminal window and type:
jhead -purejpg /path/to/image.jpg
You can also use wild cards so you can use:
jhead -purejpg /path/to/*.jpg
or
jhead -purejpg /path/to/*.JPG
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There is a metadata stripping program in tails.
Menu->Applications->Accessories->Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit
Hope this is of use.
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Awesome! Now I have two methods.
Thanks!
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Tiger,
Thanks for responding to my cry for help. I too wonder about that 50 reply deal when the responder is like DoctorX in the drug safety forum. Did he need to send an hour of his billable time spamming so he could provide the great service he does? I also wonder how many people donate to his account? If I cure myself of my obsession with weed I plan to send him a few quid.
Cheers
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zombie thread?
why?
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b/c it got bumped from beyond the grave. (Probably by myself. ::) It has become undead.
Piece, Love, and Fuck Zombies.
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This isn't a spam thread, sickroadleaks.
Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.
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Cameras can still be identified to make and model by performing forensics on the original, full resolution image. Scaling the image down will prevent this. For more run a search on "Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model".
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Cameras can still be identified to make and model by performing forensics on the original, full resolution image. Scaling the image down will prevent this. For more run a search on "Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model".
Don't they have programs for removing metadata from photo's you upload?
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Cameras can still be identified to make and model by performing forensics on the original, full resolution image. Scaling the image down will prevent this. For more run a search on "Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model".
Don't they have programs for removing metadata from photo's you upload?
Yes.
Piece, Love, and Fuck Haters.
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50 posts, i can't imagine about what i should make a posts.
Let's talk about this for my 49posts anybody?
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Ive been quoting movies in the spam thread to get to 50, but apparently this is just a good a place as any.
"Yes I'm they're dead, and I hope they burn in hell!"
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Ok, so what exactly is the deal with the karma indicator under my SN?
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Fine thread. I feel that overspamming just to reach 50 posts is not appealing.
On the subject of questions: I was actually just wondering about the karma indicator. For what it's worth - if it's no inconvenience - I'd like to read some official text on why the karma system is here. I can make sense of the system in my head, however I would like to hear a second opinion. Specifically, I have capriciously wondered why the system allows such a publicly manipulated indicator to be seen to all viewers of the forum. How can it be strong if it can be carelessly moved? A user could, for example, arbitrarily - or + another users credentials, thus creating a false image. Is there a fail-safe for this system, or is it just inherently that weak?
I'm merely curious. I did not design the system, therefore, I may not see the big picture as the dev team did/does, but I am interested to hear the pro's reasoning.
Also > I do wish to take the opportunity, as a newbie, to type some thanks for this community. I've been excited about this flock of folk and I hope that the system at large keeps up the good work! Ray John, everyone, Ray John! 8)
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Sometimes spam 50 is OK if you must talk to doctorX. Addictions specialist from Madrid, Spain.
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I have been trying to use the forum for just this purpose... maybe that is why they have it set to 50, so that people actually work together to help each other out!
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i think i came out too strong at first... kinda shitty but oh well... i need to just do what i gotta,a nd do what know... i will be fine.... lets just say that my first two tryes at SRing it didtn go well... cant blame anyone but myself... you live and you leard