Dark net drug markets kept alive by great customer service (WIRED article)

In 1972, long before eBay or Amazon, students from Stanford University in California and MIT in Massachusetts conducted the first ever ecommerce transaction. Using the "Arpa-net" account at their artificial intelligence lab, the Stanford students sold their counterparts a small amount of marijuana. Ever since, the net has turned over a steady but small trade in illicit narcotics. But last year approximately 20 per cent of UK drug users scored online. The majority of them went to one place: the dark net markets.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-08/21/buying-drugs-on-the-dark-net


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[16 Points] gerundive:

Many statements in this article don't ring true for me.

"20 per cent of UK drug users scored online. The majority of them went to one place: the dark net markets." Reporter asked 5 people, and one of them lied?

"...as street pushers become redundant." Online trade accounts for less than 1/10,000 of world drug trade.

etc

"Silk Road 2.0... I analysed 120,000 customer reviews made on the site, over 95 percent scored 5/5."

Author probably not a dnm mod.


[6 Points] Throwaway_concept:

God damnit we made it to the front page. So much misinformation. "*You won't find real LSD on the markets"


[3 Points] joustingthesky:

Good read. Thanks for posting!