Silk Road forums
Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: HarmReduction on October 24, 2012, 09:44 am
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A few months ago i started a thread but I have been away quite a bit recently . I am a researcher and I am interested to hear about peoples experiences from buying from SR, I have already received some replies its totally anonymous, if you would like some more info I can be contacted hrireland@tormail.com or please DM me or email me your answers
Participant Details
Age
Gender
Employed/Professional
Type of Drug User (ie Psychonaut)
Length of Drug using History
Repertoire of Street Drugs Used,
What were your patterns of Prior Use,
Favorite Street Drugs,
Favorite Settings for Street Drug Use
Year when commenced using Internet drug sourcing. Why?
Had you used other internet drug source sites prior to selecting Silk Road? If yes, which ones?
If yes, what was your experience of the other drug information sites (ie erowid, bluelight etc)?
Which sites do you prefer and why?
Silk Road
When did you first starting using Silk Road? Why?
Why do you purchase drugs from Silk Road as opposed to a street dealer, or as opposed to other drug retail outlets on the web?
Who introduced you to Silk Road?
Can you describe your experience of using Silk Road?
Can you describe how you purchase drugs off Silk Road?
How do you make choices around which drugs to buy from Silk Road- forexample is it influenced by chat forums reporting favourably about aparticular drug?
Have you interacted with other users on the Silk Road Forum? if yes whats been your experience
From whom do you get advice and information around optimum dosing? Is thisfrom other web users?
Have you had any negative experiences with drugs bought on Silk Road?
Do you feel part of a drug using web community ?
Do you use drugs with others or alone? And why?
Does the purchasing of drugs on the Internet facilitate solitary use?
Do you feel this is safer?
Can you describe any negative effects of drugs bought on the internet when you use them, and afterwards? Is this the same for drugs bought on SilkRoad? (short and longterm effects)
What is your opinion on the rapid growth of designer drugs fuelled by web retailing?
Do you think it promotes drug consumerism?
Do you feel your experience as drug connoisseur helps you make your choices around purchase and use of Internet drugs?
Do you pay any attention to product labelling, and do any products you buyhave health warnings on outer or inner packaging?
Have you or your drugs ever been seized by customs and excise?
Do you keep your internet drug use a secret from friends?
Do you use any street drugs now? If yes, why? If no, why?
What are your future intentions around purchasing and use of drugs on SilkRoad?
Whats your opinion on the security browser permitting access to Silk Road?Is this necessary in your opinion?
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me and thanks
Tim
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What's the topic of your research paper?
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Focusing on peoples experience from buying on silk road, we do know each other , you recently followed me on twitter
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Thanks to everyone who has answered .... I was wondering do many females use SR from all the replies I have all males just wondering ...Please keep DMing me though getting some great feedback , if anyone has any questions you can alsways DM me and i will always reply.
Thanks Tim
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DO NOT follow this guy on Twitter if you value your security. The research may or may not be valid, but it's foolish to associate oneself with this web site outside of the context of Tor.
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DO NOT follow this guy on Twitter if you value your security. The research may or may not be valid, but it's foolish to associate oneself with this web site outside of the context of Tor.
Thanks Ahoyhoy I agree , DO NOT follow me on Twitter , the conversation re twitter was with someone I know from social media who is also involved in the same area of work ...The research is valid , but thanks for highlighting this as peoples security and anonymity is paramount.
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I answered your questions. I'm just posting here to say that I really really hope you plan on painting Silk Road in a positive light. I'm sick of negative attention from the media, they have no idea what goes on here. I see headlines like, "Silk Road lets users buy heroin, weapons, and child porn" and I just want to slam my head against a brick wall. If you spend enough time here, you'll see what an awesome community this is. The government should leave this place alone. It's bringing class and safety to the drug scene.
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I do not understand this.
WHY would anyone answer all this.
Who is conducting this study and for what purpose exactly.
HOW will this help SR or their customers exactly??
Seems utterly retarded to even think about collaborating on such research studies.
I may be fairly new here but i would like to see SR last and stuff like this seems just too much of a negative risk to me.
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Firstly @ Devinechemicals I agree completely with you what has frustrated me is the mis~reporting about SR, your see from the information I sent you that I have been in the drugs field for over 20 years as a worker and a researcher , I can and will only report the evidence and findings from the individuals who have replied to these questions.
Secondly @ Isobetadine I am conducting the research , the research is completely anonymous, I comply with the ethical protocols of the Economic and Social Research Council that means that no participant will be identifiable in any of the research .
Why am I doing this , SR first cam to my attention about 12 months ago via a colleague there is alot of misunderstanding and media hysteria about SR and due to this I wanted to write an academic paper which will be based on evidence from the questions , people don't have to answer all the questions , however I am pleased that I have received so many positive responses. if you wish I can DM you my linkedin profile and you can see the type of work I am involved in. Your also see from my profile I have engaged with other posts as i believe SR to be a vital resource for users
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WHY do you need this information? WHERE will this research be published? A scientific journal? (um, I doubt it).
I really think you are either a journalist planning to write a smear piece on SR or a LEO. Journalists are sneaky little liars. They will tel you they will paint things in a positive light, and all of the sudden your quote is taken out of context making you look like a total asshole and SR looks like the most evil destructive thing since the Gestapo.
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WHY do you need this information? WHERE will this research be published? A scientific journal? (um, I doubt it).
I really think you are either a journalist planning to write a smear piece on SR or a LEO. Journalists are sneaky little liars. They will tel you they will paint things in a positive light, and all of the sudden your quote is taken out of context making you look like a total asshole and SR looks like the most evil destructive thing since the Gestapo.
I am not a journalist I will DM you my linkedin profile and your see the type of work I have and are involved in , if you google my name as well your see that I am far from a jornalist , I will send you links to various articles as well , look I understand peoples apprehension but this is a genuine study
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WHY do you need this information? WHERE will this research be published? A scientific journal? (um, I doubt it).
I really think you are either a journalist planning to write a smear piece on SR or a LEO. Journalists are sneaky little liars. They will tel you they will paint things in a positive light, and all of the sudden your quote is taken out of context making you look like a total asshole and SR looks like the most evil destructive thing since the Gestapo.
Really? ALL journalists?
That's kind of like saying all drug users are junkies who will rape your grandma for their next fix.
The OP saying we 'know' each other is a bit of a stretch, but he is googleable. I'm a bit confused about what his research is for though.
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@OzFreelancer I know not all journalists are the same but there has been some sensationalist reporting about SR only one or two people have spent any time on SR ...wont name anyone here but we both know a well respected university researcher in Aus who is a mate of mine who has spent any time on here , as well as yourself who has written articles and interviews on SR , I can count on one hand anyone who is reputable, why am I doing this , I have seen a whole new phenomenon and growth in this area and its going to get bigger , as I mentioned there has been misleading reports on SR which I now know to be untrue since being involved in SR , I am now seeing SR as a resource for many people for people needing and wanting advice through the forums , the research is to put this into a academic paper for others to understand , there is alot of interest from others about SR I was at a conference the other week where the main topic of conversation was about SR among researchers and drug workers .
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I do not understand this.
WHY would anyone answer all this.
Who is conducting this study and for what purpose exactly.
HOW will this help SR or their customers exactly??
Seems utterly retarded to even think about collaborating on such research studies.
I may be fairly new here but i would like to see SR last and stuff like this seems just too much of a negative risk to me.
I don't see any harm coming from answering the questions, the type of people most likely to take the time to reply are going to answer in a positive way.
Silk Road is already well known to the world at large, mostly through sensationalist journalism, a sensible study would go a long way to exploding the myths surrounding Silk Road and weapons, CP, funny money etc.
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I don't see any harm coming from answering the questions, the type of people most likely to take the time to reply are going to answer in a positive way.
Silk Road is already well known to the world at large, mostly through sensationalist journalism, a sensible study would go a long way to exploding the myths surrounding Silk Road and weapons, CP, funny money etc.....
@PlutoPete thanks for that comment appreciate the support , and it is a sensible study, will DM you more about me
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All right then, well if you are who you say you are then I am sorry I attacked you and I really glad that you are working towards helping decriminalize addiction, drug abuse and recreational drug use.
I am sure you of all people can understand, we must to be extremely careful with who we talk to and give even the most seemingly trivial information to. Anyone can claim to be anyone on SR. I am pretty sure that there are hundreds of accounts on SR and here on the forums of agents mining information and trying their best to infiltrate and close SR. It isn't like we are using Facebook or blogging about celebrities. We are buying illegal drugs and having them shipped across borders. It is a felony offense in the US just to place an order since the drugs would be crossing state lines. If a user gets caught with a shipment being delivered to them which crossed state lines of a schedule I or II drug they could technically be charged with trafficking, which is a felony. That not only comes with a prison sentence, but it removes any hopes of ever finding a legit (legal) job that will allow a decent standard of living again (outside of pornography, stripping or maybe being a guinea pig for drug companies).
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This is a link to some of the research project I have been involved in http://independent.academia.edu/TimBingham.
@KitKat82 :-) thanks no hard feelings I know everyone has to becareful of who they speak to and ensure they say are who they say they are , thanks for the post
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Hmm, all too personal these questions.
I can only say that I'm a girl and answering anything else asked here makes me paranoid so I can not help with your research.
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Hmm, all too personal these questions.
I can only say that I'm a girl and answering anything else asked here makes me paranoid so I can not help with your research.
You dont have to answer all the questions , its anonymous but most importantly its voluntary too , if you would like I can send you more details about me DM me if you have any questions
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Just to clarify this is a study on peoples experience of buying from SR , further info on other research can be found http://independent.academia.edu/TimBingham
Press / media articles
http://www.herald.ie/news/campaigners-call-for-safety-zones-to-treat-drugged-fans-3172804.html
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/higher-rate-of-drug-deaths-202359.html
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/does-portugal-have-the-solution-to-our-drug-epidemic-2672102.html
http://www.thejournal.ie/author/tim-bingham/
Hope this clarifies things
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just a few more replies ;-) thanks to everyone who has responded
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Just 4 more replies and it completes the study ....Thanks to all those who have recently replied
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I recommend staying away from the questionnaire. The information can be used to lodge an offensive upon SR. Nothing good can come from research like this. It will be generations before people change their attitudes towards taking drugs and purchasing them online.
Let this change run the natural course. People on SE are getting sucked into caring about what other people say about SR outside of these forums. Personally I don't give a toss what they say and will continue on my merry way.
The less people know the better.
First rule of fight club...
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Thanks Ktown99 for the comment if you have a look at my background you see what stance I come.
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Thanks Ktown99 for the comment if you have a look at my background you see what stance I come.
Pretty easy to copy and paste someone's LinkedIn profile.
I just don't see the need from SR's perspective to 'open up'.
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Do you have a PGP key?
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For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure this guy is who he says he is. He has an active Twitter account and confirmed to me by DM that he started this thread.
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For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure this guy is who he says he is. He has an active Twitter account and confirmed to me by DM that he started this thread.
Thanks for your comment appreciate the support
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Do you have a PGP key?
Hi no I dont - i have to get one in the next few days , I will contact you in the next few days.