Privileges for reviews

[Fluoxymesterone75]

Hey guys,
I want to leave a review for a source ive used multiple times and that really earned my trust, however i cant reply to the thread because of insufficient privileges. What do i have to do to gain those privileges? Im new to the forum and apologize if this is a stupid question.
Thank you all and have a great day or night!

 

[bigead]

Don't think it's that kind of board. Post hplc lab test results and that would speak volumes

 

[Rido]

Please give a real introduction.


Do you just go up and start talking to random people without introducing who you are or what you are hoping to achieve?


I'm already thinking any source you vouch for are scum if that was your only intention of joining these forums.

 

[Joesmoke1]

I used to be part of a board a coupel year ago that would allow you to give positive feedback no matter what. Not a shill just a feedback on the experiecne. It's not a bad thing and not a promotion.

 

[Millard]

Hey guys,
I want to leave a review for a source ive used multiple times and that really earned my trust, however i cant reply to the thread because of insufficient privileges. What do i have to do to gain those privileges? Im new to the forum and apologize if this is a stupid question.
Thank you all and have a great day or night!

This is not a stupid question at all. MESO has recently increased the requirements necessary for new members to have unrestricted access to the Steroid Underground subforum.

These restrictions have been implemented for two primarily reasons:

(1) New members who sign up to immediately promote and praise a particular source.

(2) New members who sign up to immediately ask to be given the names of the "best sources".

We want to discourage these tendencies because they show a general lack of forum etiquette at best. At worst, they come across as rude, offensive, and disrespectful to a community that has spent considerable time and effort to hold all sources accountable and to minimize risks associated with any interactions with such sources.

There is a proper time and place for such questions. But maybe those questions should come from members who've spent more than a minute on MESO.

This is why:

The MESO-Rx Forum has about 25 subforums devoted to various aspects of AAS use, hGH/peptides, PCT, steroid-related legal issues, men's health, HRT, training, nutrition, etc.

The MESO-Rx community has 10s of 1000s of years in collective experience in the bodybuilding/sports/PED subcultures. You have recreational, amateur, and professional athletes. You have members from all walks of life, geographic locations, professions. There are even doctors, lawyers, academics, and healthcare professionals that can help the rest of us bridge the gap between science and practice. In sum, this place is a goldmine of information and experience.

24 of these subforums are all open and accessible without any restriction to all members, including new members.

There is only 1 subforum that has minimal requirements before new members are allowed to fully participate with posting privileges. However, all members are still free to read the posts in this subforum.

If new members can't find anything to avail themselves outside of this one forum to meet these basic requirements, then maybe they should reconsider their involvement with AAS.

 

[Millard]

Don't think it's that kind of board. Post hplc lab test results and that would speak volumes

Conducting and sharing the lab test results from product analysis is one of the best things that can be done to help the community. The value of such contributions is extremely high.

Posting source reviews (both good and bad) can benefit the community as well. But in most instances, at least with positive source reviews, the benefit is much less. The value is simply limited.

I'm sure most people post positive reviews with the intent of helping the community at large.

However, for many, the posting of positive reviews is done at the behest of sources offering store discounts/credits and/or free product. The primary beneficiaries of such an arrangement are the two parties on either side of the transaction.

The incentivization of positive reviews is a standard business practice in all arenas of ecommerce. The business gets positive publicity (and potentially a lot more sales) and the customer gets free stuff. It's a win-win situation -- for those two parties.

There is nothing necessarily wrong with such business-initiated incentives. Nor is there is anything necessarily wrong with the resulting reviews if they are honest -- but they are a little less honest when you consider that most such reviewers fail to disclose the compensation they received.

This is one unfortunate way that sources can manipulate opinion.

That aside, I still think it is a good thing the sources are sending customers to MESO. It gives customers an opportunity to see what a forum devoted to holding sources accountable looks like.

This means they will see all the good/bad, strength/weaknesses, positive/negatives of their source with the potential to minimize any potential harm involved when interacting with this and/or other sources in the future.

 

[Fluoxymesterone75]

This is not a stupid question at all. MESO has recently increased the requirements necessary for new members to have unrestricted access to the Steroid Underground subforum.

These restrictions have been implemented for two primarily reasons:

(1) New members who sign up to immediately promote and praise a particular source.

(2) New members who sign up to immediately ask to be given the names of the "best sources".

We want to discourage these tendencies because they show a general lack of forum etiquette at best. At worst, they come across as rude, offensive, and disrespectful to a community that has spent considerable time and effort to hold all sources accountable and to minimize risks associated with any interactions with such sources.

There is a proper time and place for such questions. But maybe those questions should come from members who've spent more than a minute on MESO.

This is why:

The MESO-Rx Forum has about 25 subforums devoted to various aspects of AAS use, hGH/peptides, PCT, steroid-related legal issues, men's health, HRT, training, nutrition, etc.

The MESO-Rx community has 10s of 1000s of years in collective experience in the bodybuilding/sports/PED subcultures. You have recreational, amateur, and professional athletes. You have members from all walks of life, geographic locations, professions. There are even doctors, lawyers, academics, and healthcare professionals that can help the rest of us bridge the gap between science and practice. In sum, this place is a goldmine of information and experience.

24 of these subforums are all open and accessible without any restriction to all members, including new members.

There is only 1 subforum that has minimal requirements before new members are allowed to fully participate with posting privileges. However, all members are still free to read the posts in this subforum.

If new members can't find anything to avail themselves outside of this one forum to meet these basic requirements, then maybe they should reconsider their involvement with AAS.

Thank you for your answers Millard,

I understand how it seems suspicious to only be joining a forum without introducing myself. However in my first Introduction post i actually intended to write something about myself, but i wasnt able to actually post it, because it was „too long“ and „could be spam“. So i ended up removing one sentence after the other retrying each time until there basically was just one sentence left, and i could finally post it.
Also i dont know if it counts much if i say this, but none of the sources I’ve used in the past have ever offered me anything to leave a review.

 

[TRTTR]

Hi.
Same situation here, I would like to post my touchdown on Hilmas thread and get my 20€ store credit.

Did the introduction weeks ago.
I don't have knowledge to share on the forum yet.

 

[combover]

Hi.
Same situation here, I would like to post my touchdown on Hilmas thread and get my 20€ store credit.

Did the introduction weeks ago.
I don't have knowledge to share on the forum yet.

Save it. Posting a review for credit is the opposite of what goes down here. Maybe one of the reasons the rule is in place...

If you have no info to share, you must have questions.

 

[TRTTR]

Save it. Posting a review for credit is the opposite of what goes down here. Maybe one of the reasons the rule is in place...

If you have no info to share, you must have questions.

Yes I understand.
Thanks.

 

[Rido]

Hi.
Same situation here, I would like to post my touchdown on Hilmas thread and get my 20€ store credit.

Did the introduction weeks ago.
I don't have knowledge to share on the forum yet.

Makes sense. You are just doing it for money.

 

[Big_paul]

Save it. Posting a review for credit is the opposite of what goes down here. Maybe one of the reasons the rule is in place...

If you have no info to share, you must have questions.

Taking free stuff has never been accepted here and shouldn't be. But it bothers me that some members can't leave an honest review good or not.

 

[TRTTR]

Taking free stuff has never been accepted here and shouldn't be. But it bothers me that some members can't leave an honest review good or not.

You're right, and I'm not here just to get free stuff
In the same Hilma thread are lab tests of blind samples, super valuable information.
Maybe I can contribute to it in the future.

 

[Rido]

You're right, and I'm not here just to get free stuff
In the same Hilma thread are lab tests of blind samples, super valuable information.
Maybe I can contribute to it in the future.

now you sound like a shill

 

[TRTTR]

now you sound like a shill

ahah, in fact I do.
Didn't cross my mind the forum sponsors had shills, in other areas people shill new/unknown products.

 

[joe/SLD]

Sooo... shill or not I needed the info! Thanks guys for the responses I'm beginning my journey and the information on this forum is priceless