Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media

Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by bdcravens on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:05PM (#26443855)

If you Google "silk road screenshots" the first image is one showing "Cocaine" as a category. Users didn't create categories; admins of the site did. Kind of blows away plausible deniability.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by esrauch on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:41AM (#26444293)

I don't think anyone is suggesting that he was unaware that silk road was being used for drug sales. I think the dispute is whether a person who ran such a website can still have interesting ideas to share.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by bdcravens on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:18PM (#26448005)

I was speaking only to one point:

> Yes, many in these parts think he was just "running a website"

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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by esrauch on Sunday March 14, 2021 @12:26AM (#26453029)

I think they meant "many in these parts think he was just running a website which enabled drugs to be sold" vs the accusation that he hired hitmen or was running a drug cartel.

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