Quite the contrary. This has nothing to do with protecting one of our own...at least for me it doesn't.
To be 100% honest, I never agreed or liked the idea that a rep can only post in their source's thread. I think it's a bad rule and one I've never been behind, never "enforced", and never encourage. This doesn't mean I want reps to spam threads promoting their source, on the contrary, I just don't see a strong enough justification to prevent them from posting completely. If a rep spams and promotes their source in threads then fuck them and run them out; but if they can provide good information on threads and avoid promoting the source they work for then what's the big deal?
The idea behind this "rule" is to protect members from being preyed upon by sources and reps correct? To HELP members, is it not? How much are you really helping members when you prevent potentially good information from being posted based solely on the fact that someone is a rep? You're basically cutting off your nose to spite your face.
This "rule" has prevented NorthernNutrition from posting and he is one of the most intelligent people on here, rep or no rep. I'd give what's left of my shriveled up left testicle to have him posting again, especially in the nutrition and training sections. So now, one of the most quality posters on this forum is prevented from helping others bc he is a rep and people can't think for themselves. Northern nutrition is not a powerlifter either but I would wholeheartedly welcome his posts again irrespective of the fact that he is a rep.
Our job here, at least in my opinion, is to help people educate themselves on steroids, how to use them as safe as possible, how to make progress towards their goals, teach them how to educate themselves, and promote the passing of knowledge from one person to the next or one generation of steroid users to the next. My job is not to baby people. My job is not to hold someone's hands the entire time they use steroids. My job isn't to be like an overbearing parent that never takes the training wheels off their kid's bike. I'll do what I can and then expect that person to take it from there. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink comes to mind. We can tell people that people are reps, we can educate them that reps don't always have their best interests at heart, we can warn them to take reps' recommendations with a grain of salt but we cannot, nor should not, expect to be ultimately responsible for if/when members don't listen to what we teach.
I also provided several examples of other reps posting outside of their source's threads. Where is the outrage for them? Where is the shit talking towards them? Where is the bullying back to their threads for them? Maybe people are tired of hammering Julius idk. Maybe Franchise is the fresh meat so other people's transgressions can be left ignored.
And finally, I thought this forum was not supposed to be a source board? Sources are encouraged to post on here to help solve issues with their gear and help provide harm reduction correct? Why is it that we have to enforce the rule about reps but not sources? As far as I'm concerned, a source posting their list, T/A times, accepted payment methods, etc etc has nothing to do with harm reduction or solving issues with their gear. Yet sources are encouraged to post their lists all the time. They're encouraged to keep their lists updated for crying out loud. Regular members dick ride sources left and right, promote sources every day, bump source threads so they remain up top of the queue, etc etc. regular members do a fantastic job of telling for sources, better than the reps even, and the only difference is they do it for free (I'm not suggesting everyone become a rep now, I never would). We encourage sources to give freebies and sales. We play along with source contests like guessing the final scores of football games for credit to buy gear. Am I the only one who sees hypocrisy here? I'm not saying I know the answer to fix it just pointing out what's in front of me.
There's so much more I can say but this post is long enough already and I do not want you to think I'm attackimg you or your views Wunder. You're my boy and I am venting to you not at you.
