A notice to new members regarding source-related discussion and private messages
If you are new to MESO-Rx, it is understandable to want a direct answer to questions such as “Can someone recommend a good source?” or “What is the best source at the moment?” Most members asking these questions are acting in good faith and are trying to reduce risk, avoid scams, and avoid harmful products or practices.
However, initiating source-related discussion immediately upon joining often increases risk instead of reducing it. New Members and accounts that are still new are the most frequently targeted by dishonest sources, source-adjacent members, and coordinated promotional accounts.
When a member’s first activity focuses on sourcing, it signals inexperience and urgency. This commonly leads to unsolicited private messages that appear helpful but are actually promotional, misleading, or fraudulent.
Impersonation attempts may also occur, including the use of copied names, writing styles, or requests to move conversations off the forum. In practice, early source inquiries tend to attract exactly the type of attention members are trying to avoid.
Source-related information is also difficult to evaluate accurately without sufficient context. Early on, members generally lack the background needed to distinguish long-term, credible discussion from coordinated promotion, selective reporting, or outdated information.
Even good-faith experiences may no longer reflect current conditions, because underground markets change quickly and unpredictably. Without experience evaluating claims and patterns, confident opinions are easily mistaken for reliable information, which increases the likelihood of poor decisions.
For these reasons, MESO-Rx restricts source-related discussion for New Members and for members who have not yet earned posting privileges. This is a harm-reduction measure, not a punitive one.
MESO-Rx is not here to connect buyers and sellers or tell members which sources to use. It exists to teach members how to read, evaluate, and decide for themselves with harm reduction as the priority.
Source-related discussion is limited to designated subforums, such as the Steroid Underground, and access requires earned privileges or an approved account upgrade. This structure ensures that source discussion happens in a visible, moderated environment where claims can be examined, patterns can be identified, and accountability can be enforced.
MESO-Rx also uses technical safeguards to reduce the risk of private-message abuse. Sources are not permitted to start new private conversations with members and may only respond to messages sent to them by members.
In addition, New Members are not permitted to start new private messages until messaging privileges are earned. These measures are intended to reduce unsolicited solicitation, quiet promotion, and behind-the-scenes coordination during the early period of participation.
These protections significantly reduce risk but do not eliminate it entirely. Source-adjacent accounts or unidentified promotional accounts may still attempt to contact members.
Any private message that feels promotional, coercive, or suspicious should be reported to the moderation team. Reporting this activity helps protect both you and other members who may be targeted next.
Members who want to reduce risk are encouraged to slow down and read first. Taking time to learn how information is evaluated, how red flags are identified, and how risks are assessed is essential before making decisions.
Reviewing existing threads allows members to see how real issues unfold over time, how laboratory testing is used and sometimes misused, and how detailed, first-hand accounts differ from vague or overly positive praise. This context makes later source-related discussions far more useful and far less risky.
If you joined MESO-Rx because you are concerned about scams, fraud, or personal safety, these restrictions and safeguards are designed for you.
The first days on the forum are when members are least familiar with how things work and least equipped to evaluate what they are being told. MESO-Rx intentionally limits access and communication during this time to reduce avoidable harm.
One important exception exists. If you are here to warn the community about a scam, fraud, impersonation, or a serious unresolved issue, staff will make sure that warning can be shared appropriately and without unnecessary delay.
Protecting the community from harm comes first. General requests for source recommendations are treated differently because they create risk, attract manipulation, and do not lead to reliable harm-reduction outcomes when raised too early.
Members who take time to read, learn forum norms, and build context before engaging in source-related discussion are better equipped to make informed decisions, less likely to attract unwanted solicitation, and more capable of participating safely and constructively.
This approach is central to MESO-Rx’s harm-reduction mission.
