Please hear me out at least, as I've thought about this for weeks:
The current vetting process basically consists of the <50 members who give a shit making sources jump through hoops designed via their collective knowledge of the sourcing/brewing business. Sources aren't allowed to add their knowledge to this vetting process as this is easy grounds for market manipulation, (those sources motivated will/can do so via alt accounts and other means) nor participate in the community at all.
Since knowledge -> application = money in this business, I'm much more incentivized to learn as much as possible about it than members who have their job, family etc. to care about, and so I'd love to contribute my knowledge for the purpose of harm reduction that I've gained from being in this business, but presently I'm forced to let sometimes harmful misinformation remain posted and be accepted, which sucks. I believe that to further improve the vetting quality & harm reduction, sources do have some valuable & exclusive knowledge the members should allow to be heard in a controlled manner.
My primary interest as a 'drug dealer', as sources are called (by that logic most of us here would be drug users) is making money, but as I've told many influential people already (which would have negative consequences if I were to not follow through), I'm planning to put a lot of that money into improving the quality control and availability of quality raws etc. for as many brewers and members as possible (and donate a ton to animal sanctuaries/shelters as well, which I'm currently trying to set up securely regarding the OPSEC aspect).
Everything I'll ever post will indeed be looked at with utmost scepticism, which makes posting this stuff as a source the stupidest option possible, but I want to find a way to actually improve things on a larger scale for a larger audience with all my heart, rather than shut myself into my thread for maximum profit (or fuck off to comfy sponsored boards).
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