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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: crankersore on May 17, 2013, 01:09 am

Title: How did you find out about SR
Post by: crankersore on May 17, 2013, 01:09 am
I googled "buy weed online" and found a page titled "My experience on the Silk Road, the online drug marketplace".
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: DinoScripter on May 17, 2013, 01:18 am
I was going through pretty much every link on the hidden wiki
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: cmos56 on May 17, 2013, 01:23 am
Me too... I ended up on SR through the hidden wiki.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: ZDVal on May 17, 2013, 03:26 am
I read an article in the UK Guardian about Bitcoins. The article mentioned the use of BT to buy 'illegal drucks' on SR. Sounded good, so I sought out a linked article about SR that gave instructions on how to get to SR (via ToR etc.).

Thank you to the wonderful Guardian newspaper I found SR!

Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: TheJCVD on May 17, 2013, 03:29 am
I think I heard it on ICMAG?  Maybe?  Heard about it a couple years ago, only decided to try it now...don't know why I didn't start sooner.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: RobLoblaw on May 17, 2013, 03:44 am
read an article in the newspaper about it. it told you how to set it up, had interviews with people using it and interviewed police saying how little they could do about it. i needed to grab anyways and it seemed easier then leaving my house lol
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: DoctorFate on May 17, 2013, 03:58 am
About a year ago I was looking to buy some herb and I found myself looking online and found about tor and the silk road through various canna culture websites.  Back then buying btc wasn't so simple and easy  so I ended up getting connects IRL instead.

Recently I realized how easy BTC are to get so I am here and if this all works out I doubt I will ever go back to getting stuff IRL.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: Smarties on May 17, 2013, 04:03 am
I used to be big time into clubbing and XTC. Drifted away from the scene over the last few years as the clubs I went to began shutting down and dealers shifted towards Coke.

I started getting into legal highs in attempt to recapture that rave vibe. Did truffles for a while before researching mescaline.

It was when watching a You Tube video of someone's mescaline trip however that I first saw a message in the comments section saying "why don't you just buy some proper drugs off Silk Road (instead of taking mescaline)."

That was when I first learnt of SR. A bit of a strange way admittedly but I'd like to thank that person and also let them know that this fellow You Tube user has been enjoying "proper" drugs ever since!
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: darpa96 on May 17, 2013, 04:22 am
Thankyou The Sun newspaper - they did an article where two reporters ordered off SR, I just typed in silk road, deepweb, and tor into my browser and bob's your uncle, easy enough to find from there. Wiki is the best though.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: Not_A_Sheep on May 17, 2013, 04:26 am
Good friend who was already a user told me about it. I already knew about tor, and pgp encryption so I thought just the idea of this place was fucking amazing. A good bit later and Im still learning crazy shit all the time about security and anonymity, I Love you SilkRoad!
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: StonedAge on May 17, 2013, 04:40 am
the story on it from gawker when they called it "The Amazon of Illegal Drugs"
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: tablechair215 on May 17, 2013, 04:44 am
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Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: lanman on May 17, 2013, 09:03 am
I found out about it from a friend, who in turn had read about it in a mainstream newspaper... I hope SR prevails over attempts by governments to restrict individual freedom!
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: WingWong on May 17, 2013, 09:07 am
Idiots put it on TV and gave SR free advertising. Joined next day.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: Thekla1 on May 18, 2013, 02:15 pm
Down the pub! But the person who mentioned it had never actually used it. Wikipedia article had useful referenced footnotes and articles that led me here.

I know it's not easy if you are not that tech-savy, which I am (was) not. So a big shout-out to all the SR community because we have all negotiated the necessary hurdles that keep us, SR, and DPR safe and anonymous.

Keep up your vigilance and care, and long may the Road run.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: IncognitoToker on May 18, 2013, 02:20 pm
Its a bit dangerous to order on the street here.
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: motif on May 18, 2013, 02:34 pm
I was at home for summer holidays, and met with a friend. He told me he wanted to hack a site, and then he found some links to the dark side of the web, and he showed me everything. I've joined immediately  :)
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: mary666 on May 18, 2013, 02:39 pm
It was on Slashdot got the tor browser and got going, never looked back  :)
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: deadgame1 on May 18, 2013, 02:48 pm
read about it in Gawker article
Title: Re: How did you find out about SR
Post by: Not_A_Sheep on May 18, 2013, 03:31 pm
Lol, that damn Gawker article!!!