The Shill Problem

I'm making this post because there is a huge cancer that is slowly killing this sub. That cancer is shills,we all know what a 'Shill' by this point right? Just in case a shill is somebody that has an interest, often financial, to help the vendor. The most obvious example is faking reviews. Now this is a problem, but IMO the bigger problem is members of this community being distrustful to every account. When I first got into the DNMs I would post under throwaways because vendor retaliation is something that I've always been concerned of. People would call me shill and I never shilled for any vendor. When you throw a word around enough it can become meaningless. Not everybody is a shill, and we, as a community should be careful about throwing around accusations with little to no proof. I understand we all enjoy some juicy drama every now and again, but we are doing something more important here, we are changing how the international drug trade operates. I wanted to get this off my mind for awhile now and after seeing some posts about others complaining about it, I decided to make a post. I don't have an answer to all of these problems, but I think there should at least be discussion about it.


Comments


[6 Points] None:

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[2 Points] StarkNedMarkets:

This problem is in every community and you choose the one where basically 99% of members would shill for a few grams of insert whateverthefuck here...


[3 Points] noonehear:

Wut up /u/Quantik?


[2 Points] None:

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[2 Points] None:

So you arent complaining about shills you are whining about being called a shill. Fuck off until you learn to post a decent review that doesnt scream shill.


[1 Points] None:

I really don't see an easy answer for this. plenty of people here will not use their "real" reddit account to post here. Checking out an account's history can be misleading since everyone can fill the void and fake a persona if there's enough profit.

we can discuss all day long about this but shills are not going anywhere. not even amazon can 100% deal with them. there is no way to stop them without fucking up the subreddit for everyone else.


[1 Points] SlappySpanBank:

That's not the definition of "shill" lol

Anyway you shouldn't %100 believe anything you read on here.

Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.


[1 Points] petespider:

Idk what you are on about but when i post my reviews i just post how I really feel about the product.


[1 Points] EastOaklandCase_Boys:

Whatever you say you dirty fuckin SHILL!


[1 Points] -gimmebrains-:

Shill.

Shit, I meant to say banana.


[1 Points] ppada:

I'm still baffled that I get accused at least once every time I write a review. How much post history do I need before people chill?


[1 Points] 180K:

I'm tired of the Coinbase/Circle shills, watch for 'em, almost every damn day!


[0 Points] CheezItsAndDoritos:

Take 5 seconds to look at their post history. Problem solved.