Silk Road forums
Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: Leech on April 24, 2012, 01:28 am
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Nobody cares? You have SR comes up in US, Italian, Holland, European news and I already informed the Admin to MAKE THIS FORUM ONLY FUCKING VISIBLE TO MEMBERS' ONLY long long ago, AND THAT ONLY 1 FORUM ACCOUNT PER ONE SR ACCOUNT.
This will reduce UNWANTED ATTENTION BY 90%.
Wait till the day you have in news, "TEENAGER WHO WAS INVOLVED IN COLLEGE SHOOT-OUT CONFESSES OF HAVING OBTAIN ARMS FROM A POPULAR ON-LINE BLACK MARKET". Your so called 'secured' servers will be real FUCKED BY THE LE.
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How many fucking times have SR appeared in the news? There's even 1 variety show from Netherlands showing you how to visit SR and buy a sample of DMT and they even tested how many days it took. It bothers the fuck out of me every time SR makes it to the headline and you ain't doing a little shit to stop this.
Seriously SR admins do they give a damn?
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Dude, of course they care. If SR got fucked up, it'd be them on the scaffold.
But i'm with you on this. I think you should have to register to be able to see the SR forums. Not because registering would stop scammers/LE from viewing it, but so it would stop SR forum listings coming up on clearnet search engines due to sites like tor2web.
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I think it would be smart to set this place up like Demonoid.me with the method of invites only. JMO.
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I've actually thought about this since the beginning, coming from a previous counterfeit hacking community, it was very strange coming to a place that deals DRUGS that was this open...
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We must all assume that LE is working on bringing this site down as we speak. If we were to link our forum accounts with our SR accounts it would GREATLY reduce forum accounts made for the purpose of hyping up a product or giving bad reviews on a bad product. As a suggestion, accounts could have a credibility rate based on how many successful transactions they have made on SR. This alone would weed out all the people who make multiple forum accounts for those purposes. Additionally, SR has already gotten too much attention from the general public. The more attention SR gets from the public, the harder LE is going to work to bring us down. And I know this website does not have the top of the line security. This is common sense my fellow members and Administrators! We absolutely can not wait til SR is headlining fox and nbc until we decide to make these forums private. Fellow administrators, I appeal to you in the name of a secure, underground freemarket. Thank you for your time.
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I think it would be smart to set this place up like Demonoid.me with the method of invites only. JMO.
Excuse my double post but that is a fantastic idea and everyone must deeply consider this. Is the profit from member commission worth it when our market is fucked?
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I was part of a site(wont mention the name) where the forums where divided into "General" and "Senior" Anyone could view the general forum but only posts pertaining to sch 4< where permitted. In the senior member part of the forum sch 1-3 drugs where discusssed....see LE wont really do much for low sch drugs like T'3 benzos weed etc. I think it would work for SR as well to have the whole site divided like that...maybe when a new member joins they have to make 5 transactions of weed or pharms etc before they gain access to the Seniors section where they can buy coke, H etc. and the forums could be the same where lets say a member needs 100 posts before they can access a restricted part of the forum that discusses the higher sch drugs/shipping etc.
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Great idea I'm sure none of the 18000 people here are feds or reporters.
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Great idea I'm sure none of the 18000 people here are feds or reporters.
shit I thought I was on TFM for a second, then I realized you were being sarcastic and loled
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Great idea I'm sure none of the 18000 people here are feds or reporters.
shit I thought I was on TFM for a second, then I realized you were being sarcastic and loled
Yeah...LOL
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If you made this forum private, you'd make my lazy ass log-in more. :'(
Ive been browsing for soo long, this month I finally created an account to actually post. 8)
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Uhh, kind of late to make this place private. Don't you remember Senator Schumer last year talking to the press about this place? No point in freaking out over European news, that's good means more business. Private forums are largely security through obscurity in my opinion. they claim they're informant proof and always end up shut down and busted anyways because it creates a false sense of security and users say too much, don't use encryption, and the server itself is usually insecure.
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Making the forum/site accessible gradually wouldnt stop LE completely but it would deffinately make it alot harder for them. Now they can just come on here and setup 100 acc if they want in 5 min...now compare this scenario to the idea that they would need lets say 100 posts or maybe 15 succesful transactions to reach a "senior" section of the forum where there is more sensitive info being discussed. It would 100% atleast slow down their operation, also it would create a place where there arent people with 1 post vouching for this or that person callin this or that person a scam etc.. I think its a good idea and im pretty sure something along those lines will eventually happen...theres already the round table where you need to be a reputable vendor to join.
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It wouldn't be that hard for LE to post 100 times, and but 15 items to gain access to the more private area. SR has always been for the people, and should remain that way. If you want a private forum, make one, and invite your friends. If you want a private store, make one!
if they decided to go private, would YOU get an invite? who wouldn't? and why?
private forums are started privately, and remain private for a reason. changing from open to private doesn't keep LE, scammers, or children out of them at all!
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I never stated to make SR private and I wouldnt want that at all...but having a section restricted to vendors/buyers that have proven themselves as legitimate would help. Not so much for the LE aspect because like you said they will get into whatever section eventually but this would give buyers something to work towards(producing more income for vendors) and would also add more legitimacy to the vendors in this section. Also once people become members of a restricted section they will deffinately conduct themselves diffrently on both sides buyer/vendor to keep their status. Just an idea.
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I think it would be smart to set this place up like Demonoid.me with the method of invites only. JMO.
I like this idea also.
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I never stated to make SR private and I wouldnt want that at all...but having a section restricted to vendors/buyers that have proven themselves as legitimate would help. Not so much for the LE aspect because like you said they will get into whatever section eventually but this would give buyers something to work towards(producing more income for vendors) and would also add more legitimacy to the vendors in this section. Also once people become members of a restricted section they will deffinately conduct themselves diffrently on both sides buyer/vendor to keep their status. Just an idea.
We have a vendors only section. You want in.. buy a vendor upgrade and ask a mod for access. You don't ever have to sell shit just cause you have the ability to right?
I doubt the mods would freak out too much (nor would DPR) if enough "trusted members/buyers" bought vendor upgrades and started hitting up the mods for a separate hidden section for them that only they and other people with the vendor user class could see.
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I hope the vendor only section screens a little more than anyone who shells out the BTC to buy an account. If you want a private forum, I will set one up for you, on the 1st of the month. I will not do the screening, you will be responsible for the invites. what would you like it to be called?
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Great idea I'm sure none of the 18000 people here are feds or reporters.
+1
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Now the question is WHEN will you make it private?
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I'm putting one together for you right now. it is private from the start. I will give you the URL when it is set up and secured. You can then invite only who you want. and set the rules on who gains further access, etc. There will be no store that accompanies it, just a forum to discuss....well whatever you want to discuss in private.
what would you like it to be called?
I have a basic forum built there now, I am just doing some config work today, and should have a fully functioning private forum for you and your friends by the end of today.
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new forum is up and running (under a name I chose) whenever you are ready to start inviting people and using it, PM me here, and I will give you the URL, and a few invite codes.
FYI, public pgp key is required for registration along with the invite code, so have it ready when you register.
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Well, I've gone and done it. I put up a forum dedicated to Silk Road, but not in any way affiliated with Silk Road. For the time being, it is publicly readable (most sections), but only registered members may post (same as here). The main difference is that registration requires an invitation. I will do my best to copy Important info from the official SR forum to the roadofsilk forum over the following days, but currently, the forum has only 1 thread (introducing the forum). Anyway, without further adieu, the URL is:
http://edkpgfz6vomwdyh3.onion
But the invite codes will be handed out by PM to lets say 25 people, and each of those people will get invites for 3 people, and so on. the catch is, that if you give a code to, lets say moonbear, your code will be deactivated, and your account removed as well as theirs. I want to keep the forum clean, and to the point, but not CENSORED.
So if you are growing tired of the circus on this forum, have been a member for a reasonable amount of time, with an intelligent posting history, or a vendor tag, hit me up and I will get you an invite.
One last thought. While there is a market category, NO sales should be conducted on the forum (just like here). if you are a vendor, you may post threads in the product offers section, but please link them to listings that you have on Silk Road Market!