A Message from the Moderators of /r/DarkNetMarkets!

Greetings readers of /r/DarkNetMarkets! We've been growing quickly and the mod team has some things we'd like to talk to all of you awesome people about.

First of all, we really want to clean up the content that gets posted and commented on here. We are going to start moderating the sub more heavily and there will be new, stricter guidelines on what is approved to get posted. As a result of the above plan, we are going to be more stringent in our requirements of ALL posts, but vendor reviews in particular. This includes:

Piss-poor and vague reviews. We do get a lot of fantastic reviews that are in-depth and well-thought-out. The mods and, I would venture to guess, a large segment of the community have grown tired of reviews resembling "looks dank, only took 3 days". These posters often conclude with "can't smoke any until this weekend but it looks pretty dank". That isn't particularly helpful. So, poorly constructed vendor reviews will be removed and a comment will be left by a moderator giving the reviewer the opportunity to edit the review to pass our standards.

• If you are unsure of whether or not your review is up to par or if you simply need help writing a better review, please check out Hugs' guide to writing vendor reviews. Furthermore, although it will not be required since, for one, we do not want to force everyone to use it, we still encourage you to use the vendor review template submitted by/u/entactoBob. The bottom line is that if you feel that it will improve your review please use it.

For most reviews we would like the reviewers, especially those that are posting a review for the first time, to keep in mind the vendor review template. If you choose to use the template, including a personal touch would make your review better.

A quick side note: You don't need to include a flair tag in your title like [WTF] or [Vendor Review]. It is unnecessary since the mods add that flair manually.

We get a lot of general questions regarding product and vendor inquiries. The biggest examples are similar in nature to "What vendor has the best [enter drug here]" or "Is [enter vendor name here] any good?" These questions have most likely been answered in one of the D.D.D's, Moronic Mondays, Western Wednesdays, or a user has posted the same question before.

USE THE SEARCH BAR! If you can't find anything, or the post is more than a month old and outdated, then feel free to post.

Suicide posts will no longer be allowed. We understand some people are very serious about killing themselves and will figure out how to obtain the correct materials to do so without this subreddit's help (this is the internet after all), but after clarifying things with the reddit admins we learned that direct discussion of suicide methods/requisition of suicide materials is against reddit rules. We already walk a fine line due to the nature of this subreddit and we don't want to tread on anyone's toes. Although many of the mods feel that providing advice in this area is important, we do not want to jeopardize this subs' existence. For this reason, any posts related to suicide methods will be referred to /r/SuicideWatch and removed.

Any post relating to poison, weapons with murder allusions, or allusions to violence, will be removed at moderator discretion. We're drug users, not violent criminals. The whole point of DNMs is to make drug use safer and we want to distance ourselves from such content.

Secondly, we have resolved to cut down on the amount of hate and general rudeness that is sometimes posted here. I do not believe we can make any static rules here but we can certainly try to promote a welcoming and respectful atmosphere as well as ban trolls and people that refuse to play nice. To be clear, we're not banning swearing or even name calling; there is certainly a time and place to use strong words, but remember to practice sound judgment. Calling someone an "idiot" is different than calling that person "fucking stupid retarded noob". We want /r/DarkNetMarkets to be a cool and positive place to hang out, not one where people are assholes to each other and beginners feel uncomfortable posting. Remember to follow the golden rule!

I'd like to stress that we are not about to become moderation Nazis! For the most part, everyone here is great so this will not affect most of you! This is beneficial; nothing is really going to be lost. We appreciate hearing input, feedback, and concerns from the community.

Third, we'd like to bring up the issue of mod interaction with the community. All of the mods would like to address the occasional issue that arises within the subreddit of the Mod Team voicing our personal opinions. Most of the readers here at /r/DarkNetMarkets don't have a problem with it, but there is a vocal minority that comes out every once in a while to argue with us that a mod should not voice any opinions here. Let me get one thing straight, we all started as completely normal users. Those of us who started the sub then reached out and pulled in exemplary users in the community to become mods as well. We certainly recognize that we do have a position of power here, but none of us abuse it or are shills. Especially after a large scandal we had with a past mod accepting bribes, we are all very careful not to "endorse" any product or market. Any review, opinion, or comment we post is our own and not an endorsement from the Mod Team or subreddit itself.

If a mod is speaking officially, we will "distinguish" our comment so it says [DNM moderator] in a green font next to our name so you'll know we are speaking for the whole Mod Team.

Finally, we would like for the community to comment on this post with any input or concerns you may have for the subreddit; we love to get constructive suggestions from you all and hear your concerns. Remember to keep the conversation civil, and everyone stay safe out there! :)

~INFINITE and the whole Mod Squad


Comments


[76 Points] IGetDankShit:

Wow this post looks really dank. Probably took like 3 days to write. Unfortunately, I can't read it until this weekend but like I said - totally dank post dude!


[25 Points] None:

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[9 Points] jakefromstatefarm00:

Here's a suggestion. It is annoying to see " when will pfm deliver? pfm this pfm that all stuff reguarding pfm should be auto deleted.


[8 Points] None:

sounds great, keep up the good work, also i think it would be a good idea if we as a sub maybe were to have something where we would have a poll each month where you would vote on who you think is the best vendor for each drug and maybe also do different polls for different countries as well. just a thought cause as you said lots of people post asking for the best vendor to buy from and there is lots of contradicting stuff out there so i feel like having a more structured system to find the best vendors is definitely needed


[5 Points] None:

I'm fairly new to the Reddit community and i felt right at home in /r/DarkNetMarkets , keep up the goodwork!;)


[7 Points] None:

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[5 Points] None:

I thank you guys for all you do!!! All you mods are awesome!


[5 Points] WishIWasOnACatamaran:

You guys suck dick


[4 Points] obsidianchao:

I love each and every one of you lovely mods. The amount of time and energy you pour into this subreddit doesn't get thanked often enough.

Honestly, as a heavy reddit user, this sub isn't just my favorite because of the content - the CSS is beautiful, you guys all take your mod duties seriously, but at the same time this is one of the few subs I find that more often than not generates constant discussion without devolving into a shitstorm.

It's nice to have a sub that isn't just a circlejerk.

In closing: mods, you're all fucking beautiful people and I would sleep with each and every one of you. Except for /u/HugsforDrugs, because his wife would kill me.


[2 Points] Yellow-King-yo:

Sounds good. Nothing to say. Keep up the excellent work.


[2 Points] None:

Sounds good...gracias


[2 Points] None:

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[2 Points] Deafcunt:

Great work as always guys!


[2 Points] bowtie25:

Go mods


[2 Points] obsidianchao:

Hopping on the "deleting shitty reviews" thing - maybe we should set a standard for vendor ads, too. I see so many vendor ads that are just like "[Market][Product] for [Price]" in the title and "[link] come check us out" in the body.

Seriously, vendors, put some effort into it. You want to know which ads catch my attention? Ones that I can tell you worked on.


[2 Points] XXX-XXX-XXX:

just my thoughts here, but doesn't making this sub exclusively about dark net drug markets make the name of it missleading. In my mind the term dark net markets refers to all markets on the dark net. Though I understand it probably has something to do with reddit regulations.


[2 Points] None:

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[1 Points] None:

Sounds good :thumbsup:


[1 Points] FarGateTraveler:

Sounds perfect, no complaints or real input..


[1 Points] None:

I haven't once seen things about suicides. How common are these, I've been hanging around for about a solid month now, and I've yet to see these. I guess thank God because that's really depressing, but that's nice people were trying to help.


[1 Points] Mouthofmadness:

I understand everything you guys are doing but the counterfeit money and cc is all still very much part of the DNM as drugs are, it's called the Darknet Markets for a reason ( you can find anything and everything without judgment) from someone who has a good set up and uses the counterfeit money I think it's important.


[1 Points] None:

I think unless it causes direct deliberate harm to others it should be allowed, I know when this was brought up many moons ago the argument for keeping the counterfeit stuff, ect. Is that it's apart of the DNMs and that's what this sub is for not just the drugs on the DNMs


[1 Points] The_Acid_Test:

This might be a long-shot, but how about a bot that reads the vendors name from the title of a vendor review and posts links to all previously made reviews on the same vendor by a search of the subreddit or related subreddits. This can be included along with the date of that review and can either be ordered according to latest post, or according to the number of upvotes.

Just an idea, anyway.


[0 Points] ScorchedTerran:

That mod got bribed to right that. It s LIES, AALLLLLL LIES I SAY!!


[-7 Points] drownpuppies:

I'm gay