A Message to New Members Who Intend to Act as Sources or Vendors
If you are joining MESO-Rx as a source, vendor, or with the intent to profit from the community now or at any point in the future, it is important to understand how this forum operates before you participate.
MESO-Rx is a harm-reduction and education forum. It is not a source board, and it is not structured to quietly accommodate commercial activity under regular member accounts. Commercial participation is permitted, but it is strictly regulated, highly visible, and intentionally separated from general community participation.
When you join MESO-Rx, you must make an honest determination about your intent. Either you are here to participate as a regular member, focused on learning and contributing to harm reduction, or you are participating with the intent to profit from the community. These two roles are not interchangeable and, as a general rule, may not coexist under a single account.
If you are participating with the intent to profit from the community, your status on the forum is different from that of a regular member and will require participation under a designated Subscriber account.
Commercial intent includes selling products, representing a source, acting on behalf of a source, promoting products or services, benefiting financially from referrals, or any other activity designed to derive commercial benefit from the community. Intent matters, not just current behavior.
A Subscriber account is an account classification used to clearly identify vendor or source-adjacent participation and to apply the specific access limits, disclosure requirements, and participation restrictions defined by forum policy.
Vendor participation on MESO-Rx is intentionally limited. Vendor accounts do not have general access to the forum. Vendors are restricted to designated subforums, including the Analytical Testing subforum and the Steroid Underground subforum. These limitations exist to ensure that commercial participation remains transparent, accountable, and directly tied to harm-reduction value rather than influence or promotion.
Before a vendor may post in the Steroid Underground subforum, they must first submit independently commissioned laboratory testing for products they offer. This testing must be performed by a recognized analytical laboratory and posted publicly in the Analytical Testing subforum. This requirement is mandatory and is a prerequisite for any source-related participation.
MESO-Rx does not generally permit dual participation as both a regular member and a vendor. Maintaining a regular member presence while engaging in commercial activity creates conflicts of interest and undermines transparency and trust. If your intent changes at any point, you are ordinarily required to close your existing account and create a new account designated for vendor participation.
In rare circumstances, and solely at the discretion of MESO-Rx, a narrow and revocable exception may be granted to certain long-standing contributors under strict conditions. This exception exists to preserve high-quality, non-commercial harm-reduction contributions while maintaining clear separation between community participation and sourcing activity. It is not a right, does not establish precedent, and should not be expected or relied upon by new members.
These rules are not arbitrary. When forums drift toward becoming source boards, discussion quality degrades rapidly. Information becomes shaped by self-interest, negative experiences are minimized or buried, coordinated promotion becomes common, and newer or more vulnerable members are pushed toward decisions they are not equipped to evaluate. Harm reduction gives way to sales pressure, and trust erodes. MESO-Rx exists specifically to prevent this outcome.
MESO-Rx is not hostile to vendors, but it is uncompromising about transparency, accountability, and harm reduction. If you are participating with the intent to profit from the community, that participation must occur openly, under the appropriate account type, and within the limits defined by forum policy. Attempts to blur this boundary, operate covertly, use alternate accounts, or retain regular-member privileges while pursuing commercial benefit may result in enforcement action.
If you are unsure whether your planned participation constitutes commercial intent, you are strongly encouraged to contact the moderation team before posting. Being upfront protects you and helps avoid problems later.
These rules exist to preserve MESO-Rx as a harm-reduction forum built on trust, accountability, and informed discussion, rather than one shaped by undisclosed commercial interests.
