Used to be able to find grey market vendors on Reddit years ago, does this platform allow that?

  • borari@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    1 year ago

    I would assume that is against the laws of the country in which this server is hosted, so I would also assume the answer to that question is a firm no. Keep in mind that the server hosts in the fediverse typically aren’t companies with teams of lawyers on retainer, but individual hobbyists and enthusiasts. It would be a bit of a dick move to expose community volunteers to that kind of liability imo.

    I am not a mod of this community or an administrator though, so I would look for a final answer from @revagina@sh.itjust.works or preferably @TheDude@sh.itjust.works, @donut@sh.itjust.works, or @smorks@sh.itjust.works.

  • Gravitywell@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    Save that kinda stuff for Dread or other darknet forums, moderating it on clearnet would be a nightmare, even setting aside the legal issues its a terrible idea to use a public forum on the clear net to source drugs, moderating it would be a complete nightmare just in dealing with scammers and spam alone.

    • agentshags@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      There used to be clear net vendors for grey market RCs back in the day. And we used clearnet forms to share and discuss reputable vendors.

      I wasn’t talking about black market at all, but I suppose times have changed in the last decade, and honestly probably not a great idea for Lemmy.

      But hey, at least I started a discussion lol

      • Gravitywell@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah there was a time, but scammers are much much more prevalent now as are bots and things that would make manipulating votes easy

        • agentshags@sh.itjust.worksOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          I honestly don’t think I would, as I can barely handle booze and legal weed these days, was more just looking to start a conversation :)

    • agentshags@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I guess I’m getting old and times have changed, but r/RCsources used to be a thing, directing to you clearnet grey market vendors. Also there were other forms and even a few discord servers over the years.

      Just figured I’d kick off the community with a post :p