Good morning. I see nothing but double standards and disillusionment.
MLI came in a few weeks and was henpecked for being a former member here whose posts could break OPSEC. There were even a couple guys that used his gear and “vouched” for him. He got run out because it was feared that he’d put members at risk. That was a valid reason and MLI understood the potential concern.
Meanwhile, it turns out that a longtime source here might have done the same exact thing. If so, then a blind eye was given to it for years. Now guys are pissed that the connection from source to member may have been made by @Rapier. If Stanny was a former member with a lot of posts, then this was a ticking time bomb all along.
Everyone needs to take a couple minutes and think. This is the “game” you are playing. Realize that now because it’s often forgotten when we talk about this stuff so nonchalantly. You’re acquiring illegal drugs. You’re putting A LOT of trust in the anonymous guy answering your emails and taking your bitcoins. Fact of the matter, you have no idea who that person is and what may or may not be truth. You have no idea what his OPSEC is. So when you make that order, YOU are responsible for the risks associated with it.
Is it a double standard? I'm not a fan of how sp came in. That said catching someone's handle in initial vetting doesn't have the potential to hurt members because there shouldn't be any orders. Blasting an established sources handle and making detailed connections has potential to harm members. It seems in this situation it would've been better to keep what he found in his pocket and used it to start vetting him, which I'm certain he would've gotten help with. The non vetting seemed to be his biggest gripe and the vetting here is supposed to be an ongoing process.
To me we need to weigh out the potential harm to members when we put stuff on blast.