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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: flwrchlds9 on June 27, 2013, 02:16 am

Title: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: flwrchlds9 on June 27, 2013, 02:16 am
The fuck are they smoking!? They are doing an all out Social Media ad Blitz.  :o :o

Kicking the bee hive. Stupid shit. SR will never do this we hope??

**CLEARNET** http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4467136/illegal-online-drug-bazaar-begins-massive-advertising-push-atlantis-silk-road

SR is of course mentioned also.

If you read comments after article you see why making so public is such bad idea. clueless people and being offer clueless advice in comments.

This is *VERY BAD IDEA*.  >:(
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: gimmemoredrugs on June 27, 2013, 02:28 am
Are there any links to verify this?  That's crazy, if it's indeed the owners/operators of the site advertising like that I would assume it is ran by LE...because that is retarded
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: dopeboyz on June 27, 2013, 02:29 am
Are there any links to verify this?  That's crazy, if it's indeed the owners/operators of the site advertising like that I would assume it is ran by LE...because that is retarded


*** CLEARNET WARNING ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwPjUpv-9M
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: nuggets5 on June 27, 2013, 02:34 am
That is terrifying. :o
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: gimmemoredrugs on June 27, 2013, 02:37 am
Interesting ad....it's like a fortune 500 company made that but it's pretty scary that they're advertising on youtube
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: flwrchlds9 on June 27, 2013, 02:43 am
Be sure that youtube video will be played as morning video at Monday DEA meetings. Dont kick bees nest in public square.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: The Missus on June 27, 2013, 02:48 am
I face palmed so hard.
W.T.F. ATLANTIS YOU PIECE OF SHIT FUCKIN' FUCKER BLUMPKIN BITCH.
Ugh....I need a drink. I couldn't even get through half of the video.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Jack N Hoff on June 27, 2013, 02:52 am
How is ANYONE surprised by this? ???  They made it 100% clear weeks ago that they were hiring a marketer to do THIS.  They stated it plain and clear.

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Hi all. Atlantis Marketplace admin here. At the moment we're throwing around the possibility of hiring someone who is good at SEO/marketing services on the web. This would include things like (off the top of my head):

Blog posts
Backlinks
Youtube videos
Social media

This wouldn't be your normal job offer, however if you're looking to help the Atlantis marketplace grow, Litecoin grow, and would be willing to be paid in Litecoins, let us know in this thread or via message on this site.

We think that this is a good chance for someone to get in early and be apart of our team. Naturally further down the track the entry requirements will be larger -- so we believe this to be an exciting opportunity to take advantage of.

Basically you could consider yourself an investor, however you would be investing skills and not money. Your payment will scale with our growth. So far we've seen a tremendous amount of interest and we've only been live for a few days. We can already tell that Atlantis has a very bright future ahead of it.

So let us know via PM or in this thread if you're interested, and list your experience and what you can do for us, and we will go from there.

Just a side note, this entire process will be kept entirely anonymous, so don't feel like you will need to disclose any of your personal information. As you can already imagine, we are huge advocates of the anonymous Tor movement.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: SealTeam6 on June 27, 2013, 03:07 am
Well would it not be better for Atlantis to take all the heat?  Be the fallguy?
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: nanpa2001 on June 27, 2013, 03:11 am
Don't let LE find out the SR site address! Because they don't know it!!!!

Wait... hold on...
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: OzFreelancer on June 27, 2013, 03:12 am
I interviewed the guy who made the videos last week, but never got it written up.  One funny thing though:

Q:  Are you a user of any of the black markets?
A:  Yes I use SR some to buy small quantities of Marijuana

:D  Way to talk up your new employers
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: The Missus on June 27, 2013, 03:17 am
It's all good that Atlantis is setting itself up for failure but dragging SR's name down with it can't be good. Then again, SR doesn't seem to be...how you say...as retarded as Atlantis is. So you gotta keep the faith alive I suppose.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: BruceCampbell on June 27, 2013, 03:24 am
Lol @ I'm a CEO of a black market AMA thread. There's fuckin' vendors on here that have more volume than that entire site. And Atlantis is a full on sell-out before it's even cool. Fuck you Atlantis.

Uber fucking pretentious for a site with no vendors.

Sending vendors invite codes in PM's on SR.

Shameless.

Reckless, unwanted attention to the entire scene to attract dumb noobs to your site. God damn cocksuckers.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Regicide on June 27, 2013, 05:48 am
In response to the post, very retarded indeed.

On another note, we need a bitcoin 'ebay/amazon' for legal stuff and foreign trade/wholesale. I've already used coinexchange i think it was to buy everyday stuff from sites now accepting BTC thru them.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: PinkFloyd86 on June 27, 2013, 07:49 am
WTF?!
Atlantis, now you deserve to die.

Peace

Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: bodnostrokulum on June 27, 2013, 07:53 am
OMG !  :o

this is uber stupid
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: barbequehax on June 27, 2013, 08:14 am
Loled at the video :D I guess that was no smart idea :D
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: bukket on June 27, 2013, 08:37 am
=/ NOT KEWL
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: mcguire39 on June 27, 2013, 11:00 am
In a sense I'm kind of surprised G00*gle didn't take that video down, I mean they're pretty much in bed with the government anyway. Maybe they're waiting for folks to post comments like 'oh shiz this is the spot I just picked up 2 kilos delivered right to my door' or something.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: t-bone on June 27, 2013, 11:48 am
I would think regardless of advertising via YouTube or social media that LE already knows their existence and cracking down on them would be secondary to the much more known Silkroad.

I think advertising in public forums is probably not a terrible decision on their part, upside is they get more people using their site, downside - they may get people they don't want using their site.

If i was a competing business I would look at silk road and think

1. They are well known
2. They have been widely written about by national and international news agencies
3. They still exist
4. Lets advertise


Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: No Surprises on June 27, 2013, 12:22 pm
I predict a shit storm, it will probably increase traffic to SR too.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: flwrchlds9 on June 27, 2013, 09:28 pm
I would think regardless of advertising via YouTube or social media that LE already knows their existence

This is said many times here. YES LE KNOWS, that is NOT point here. If you read comments below article you see the type of person that better not be into this community and more people get aware then should be. Problem go from outside don worry about it and be front center WTF we gon do now!?

when on local news and parents see OMG OMG the kidddddssss are gonna DIE... then they call political person and they say OMG OMG did not know this have to stop NOW because kidddddsss will DIE!!! 

hahaha. understand?  ;D
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: National Direct on June 27, 2013, 10:13 pm
Hmmm.. Last I heard of Atlantis it was LOST!
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: OzFreelancer on June 28, 2013, 12:22 am
Oops, accidentally deleted a post instead of replying to it.  It went like this:
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Quote from OzFreelancer:
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Quote from: flwrchlds9 on Today at 07:28 am
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when on local news and parents see OMG OMG the kidddddssss are gonna DIE... then they call political person and they say OMG OMG did not know this have to stop NOW because kidddddsss will DIE!!!


+1 for putting the truth so eloquently and giving me a laugh :D



EDIT:  And, not-so-funny, here we have it.  In an article about Atlantis:
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Silk Road is pushing more than ten thousand products and services, including forged ID cards, stolen credit cards, guns, explosives, prostitution, assassinations, child pornography, gold bars, and – of course – lots and lots of heavy-duty drugs.

http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/06/27/deep-web-drug-peddling-site-atlantis-begins-advertising-push/

Sometimes I understand why you guys hate my profession :(




I wrote a comment on the offending article and received the following reply by email:

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Good morning Eileen,

Thank you for the comment on the piece I wrote yesterday. It included a misplaced reference to a Business Insider story that I will fix:

http://www.businessinsider.com/tor-silk-road-deep-web-2013-3?op=1

I misread the bullet points as being subdivisions of Silk Road, not separate entities.

The story will be changed to reflect this. I apologize for the error -- I had to rely on outside stories about what is available there since I cannot access SR from work.

Have a nice day and happy Friday (from Tokyo).

Kind regards,

Jeff
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: OzFreelancer on June 28, 2013, 04:49 am
Oops, accidentally deleted a post instead of replying to it.  It went like this:
Quote
Quote from OzFreelancer:
Quote
Quote from: flwrchlds9 on Today at 07:28 am
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when on local news and parents see OMG OMG the kidddddssss are gonna DIE... then they call political person and they say OMG OMG did not know this have to stop NOW because kidddddsss will DIE!!!


+1 for putting the truth so eloquently and giving me a laugh :D



EDIT:  And, not-so-funny, here we have it.  In an article about Atlantis:
Quote
Silk Road is pushing more than ten thousand products and services, including forged ID cards, stolen credit cards, guns, explosives, prostitution, assassinations, child pornography, gold bars, and – of course – lots and lots of heavy-duty drugs.

http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/06/27/deep-web-drug-peddling-site-atlantis-begins-advertising-push/

Sometimes I understand why you guys hate my profession :(




I wrote a comment on the offending article and received the following reply by email:

Quote
Good morning Eileen,

Thank you for the comment on the piece I wrote yesterday. It included a misplaced reference to a Business Insider story that I will fix:

http://www.businessinsider.com/tor-silk-road-deep-web-2013-3?op=1

I misread the bullet points as being subdivisions of Silk Road, not separate entities.

The story will be changed to reflect this. I apologize for the error -- I had to rely on outside stories about what is available there since I cannot access SR from work.

Have a nice day and happy Friday (from Tokyo).

Kind regards,

Jeff

Story still hasn't changed, but at least they printed my comment.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: nuggets5 on June 28, 2013, 04:39 pm
I just don't think that Altantis is going to be popular at all
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: lstermadden on June 28, 2013, 05:04 pm
Random Viewer -
How do I know you're not just a front set up by the NSA to easily catch druggies? I'd stick to SR and the other small-time sites until that's proven otherwise, especially since they haven't made a YouTube video about themselves in the years that they've been active.

Atlantis Account -
Great comment and questions,
Ultimately you have to decide about us for yourself but we just did our first $500,000 in sales and exist mainly because of the rise of SR and the fact they now often fall victim to DDoS and other attacks.
You may also be surprised to find many of your favorite SR sellers on Atlantis with lower prices since we charge lower commissions and have support staff who can manually verify their identity and feedback on SR before they start selling on Atlantis
___________________________________________________________________________________________

I think this is proof that Atlantis was behind the DDoS attacks?

They said that Atlantis exists mainly because of the rise of Silk Road and the FACT THEY NOW OFTEN FALL VICTIM TO DDoS and OTHER ATTACKS.

I haven't noticed that we OFTEN fall victim to DDoS attacks.. Actually I can count the number of times I was denied in the past 4 months on 1 hand.. maybe 2 fingers! lol atlantis. FAIL
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: lstermadden on June 28, 2013, 06:08 pm
I'm guessing that was sarcasm? Noone brought that line to the attention of the board yet, so I pointed it out.

I remember when the whole DDoS thing was going on there were plenty of fingers pointed at atlantis, and they had some people in our forum backing atlantis up. Im not sure what ended up coming of it, or if it was concluded that they had something to do with it.

So if it is known, sorry for reiterating, and if it wasn't know, then my opinion is that they were behind the attacks, especially after they wrote what they did above.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: farmer1 on June 28, 2013, 06:53 pm
Why all the fear?

LE already knows about SR, BMR, and ATL - no harm has been done. I for one appreciate the advertisement. It was a good video. Advertisement is necessary for a business to survive. DPR advertised at one point and if he hadn't then we wouldn't be here right now. I don't doubt that if DPR needed to he would advertise again. It is good for us to have multiple black markets to access. It creates redundancy and competition, which benefits all of us.

I support all markets where people are free to connect and trade. Atlantis is throwing up a flag and letting people know it is here. They put the word out on SR but I believe most of us already operating on the SR are comfortable here and see no reason to move. The next logical thing for them to do is go after the untapped masses who know nothing about Tor, Bitcoins, and dark-net marketplaces yet. Good for them! They deserve that business if they can get it.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: bigbabbablue on July 01, 2013, 01:52 pm
Hilarious :D
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Mushman1973 on July 01, 2013, 02:57 pm
This is why I`ll never use Atlantis for anything. Too much heat for me
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Jack N Hoff on July 01, 2013, 03:17 pm
This is why I`ll never use Atlantis for anything. Too much heat for me

Yeah, Silk Road doesn't have heat. ::)
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: mollyfan on July 01, 2013, 03:30 pm
Roflmao!
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: gingerballs on July 01, 2013, 04:22 pm
color me paranoid, but could it be the DEA/establishment is intentionally causing bad press on SR... so as to gain public support.

it's kind of like the tactics the police use against protestors: have one of your guys dress up as a civillian and cause some havoc... and before you know it, the cops spray the tear gas on peaceful protestors.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: OzFreelancer on July 02, 2013, 12:41 am
The advertisement was pulled from Youtube after 2 days as it was closing in on 100,000 views.

It did the trick though.  Here's just a few of the news stories about the ad:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2350952/Inside-Atlantis-The-online-black-market-lets-users-buy-sell-drugs-forgeries-hacking-services-anonymously.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/closing-down-drugs-websites

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/new-commercial-for-atlant_n_3512504.html

http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/06/27/deep-web-drug-peddling-site-atlantis-begins-advertising-push/

http://au.businessinsider.com/atlantis-drug-marketplace-2013-6
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: gingerballs on July 02, 2013, 01:55 am
convenient how the media jumped on it so quickly, isn't it?
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Whistleblowers on July 02, 2013, 02:10 am
 ;)
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: Croskin on July 02, 2013, 02:43 am
Seems that any SR competition just completely destroys themselves :)  This video probably resulted in a group shit shared by the handful of people that actually use Atlantis.
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: bluedabadee on July 02, 2013, 02:45 am
Good boy Atlantis you ring the dinner bell while we enjoy our comforts and watch your jenga game in interest...... with binoculars........on the other side of the woods...... with vests and helmets on...... by all means you advertise your demise while silk is on the rise to the skies damn i'm high... lol
Title: Re: ATLANTIS is ADVERTISING on social media and made a YouTube AD Video!?! WTF
Post by: loniax on July 02, 2013, 05:52 am
I'll sell you the key to the gates of Atlantis all I require a single ring