I was around pre SSB days but I forgot my Pw it was so long ago. I left online boards in 2007 then again in 2012 cause of the drama and the busts. Just came back recently. Been online bb forums since about 2003. That's besides the point.
So acting like an elitist asshole is good for the board? Does it encourage new members to join and grow the board or does it act as insulation for the perceived privileged few so they can finally be somewhere and act like a bully?
Wouldn't it be better to be cordial and kind. Embrace a more open system if dialogue instead of putting a source on the defensive from the get go?
I know why you do it. Because you don't posess the tools necessary to do it any other way. I get that. Sometimes it's good to take stock. That's all.
But if it works and the board is growing and making money I guess that's all that matters.
I've been a registered member here since 2006. Don't really remember my first board but it could've been anabolex in 1998 before the board crashed.
I'm not trying to engage you or bait you into an argument, but as gigalo stated...You DON'T get it at all. I built a rep as a scam smasher over the years by using several different approaches. When Burr refers to rape threats, etc....he's talking about some of the more far out approaches I've employed.
To be fair, I've received my share of death threats, etc from sources as nothing is more personal of an attack in the eyes of some as an attack on their wallet is.
When the underground reopened at meso in 2012(or whenever it was) I had a difficult time keeping up with sources logging on for the first time. As 2013 rolled in I was joined by a group of new members that picked up my slack and a more aggressive tone was set.
My language may have been aggressive and violent....it was in response to the hyper aggressive marketing/scheming we saw from a seemingly never ending parade of greedy drug dealers fighting for position in what was a steadily growing number of members willing to dig into their deep pockets and stockpile gear from as many sources as possible. It was a wild fucking scene.
You are under the impression that the loud mouths or well known/awesome members are role playing and are not the type of people they portray here online? You couldn't be more wrong.
I know a gang of these motherfuckers outside of this board. We are, in most instances, a mirrored image of what you get here in our posts. I'm referring to the gang of guys I know. They are the members a daily visitor would expect me to list as my friends. Meso is truly a unique and ever evolving place to hang your hat.
Now hurry up cuz this might take a while
