i don't for two reasons. first, i've found the senior staff...unresponsive/uncaring, to say the least, in such regards. anytime i've approached w/ serious, thought-out, edited, etc, inquiries on such manners, i'm blwon off. 100.0% of the time. i do get responses, but it's always a "pass it on" type of thing, and nothing is done. 2nd reason is, frankly, i don't have a clue what goes on in DC (or most of the subforums). i just go through it maybe 1x/week when i go through OD, SD, etc, and try to help (and sometimes, just toss a contribution- though i try to keep un-useful contributions to bl in the lounge :] ).
trust me, i click report whenever something obvious should be taken care of. but wrt bigger issues, as we're speaking of, i've approached this sincerely and not-passionately; i've told the staff why our "clandestine chemistry megathread", where it's ZERO more than lab pics (9/10 of whcih are walmart/home depot, etc, homemade meth lab pics, w/ detailed drawings and pics to help the viewer understand the mechanisms), is to blua's "no-synth" what this subforum is to harm reduction (ie, the opposite). there was not a shit given.
i don't have an issue witht this type of talk (nor do i have issue with explicity chemistry talk, nor do i have issues with open narcotic markets like silk road; in fact, i endorse both ideas more than most ppl do, whether irl or on bluelight). tptb don't care, or they're working towards something wherein this type of shit isn't a problem (ie, just trying to maintain as the #1 online drug spot, wherein HR helps as cover, and synth/source talk is tolerated, so long as it's not explicit. I think that position to be absurd- bluelight is NOT a good choice for a synth spot / rhodium-replacement, nor is it good for any type of marketplace discussion (like some kind of off-site silk road). reaching (stated)goals like HR, and (unstated)goals like legalization, are harmed by having the "industry front/association" of bluelight acting as a cheap, sleazy synth / circle-jerk board)
i alluded to 'not much longer' earlier in this thread. by that, i meant that things are changing at a very exponential pace. right now it's just medical marijuana that's truly "mainstream". but stuff like recreational mj, or gear in sports, is right behind it. things are changing fast and, honestly, i think that if tptb at bluelight could really see things, they'd do an honest assessment of where things will be in 10yrs (and, more importantly to them, where bluelight will be at such a point).
most(errr...'all') of the issues i have revolve around bluelight's controllers not acting as (IMO) they should be IF they're truly about concepts such as free-markets and harm reduction. I see both as not only important, but inevitable. i honestly think this board could be run in a manner that's more in-line with that (and do not see any reasons it should be something different)
