Agreed, I am not going to tone down my niceness, or empathy, cuz peeps are douches. But it has made me very selective on where and when I let my guard down.
I can no longer spread my love to everyone I meet. What I do now, is intensify the love I give those I trust ;), you must earn my love now 
This goes for here on OG, and on the means streets of life. Those who dig my vibe, are benefitting greatly, those opposed, well they can suck my dick.
Yes I get it. It’s sad that it must be this way, it would be nice to welcome everyone with open arms, but it just puts you at risk.
Og needs to do something to shift the balance from quantity to quality again
That will not be easy.
6 months active membership before any seeds sent to you?
No more, ‘oh, the weed and seed is for everyone’, even the dickheads? I dunno, that is kinda counter to the OG mission.
On the other hand, it’s just odd to me. Very passive, we are sometimes, perhaps not wanting to be too harsh over seeds.
Me?, I like viscious and immediate consequences for digressions. It is the only way to keep peeps in line. The overly, permissive society being installed is not doing anyone any favors.
Tuffer trust levels and seed rules would be a start
If you ignore them they will go away.
“My goat has rickets” is easy to spot.
I don’t think the site can really do all that much about it.
Yes we are smart and can see them but so many can’t and that’s why they come
We can’t help them every time but the site can
I take your point but I think a few seeds to find out someone’s true character is totally worth it. $20 to know for sure that you’re a dickhead is a small price to pay I feel.
Edit: since I’ve typed this I’ve realized it’s more like $3
I got $20, who can tell me if I’m a dickhead?
If you give it to me I’ll tell people you aren’t.
I just came here, I was on a french forum before and I confess I would be really glad to get some seeds from your good genetics, I just came across the co-op runs category and it’s a really good operation to keep less commercial genetics be shared. Plus I recently bought my first pack of seeds (white skunk from sensi seed) to get started and actually only one germinated out of 10 still to find if it’s male or female but for sure these seeds were tired, some of them were not even half the size of others.
Sooo, yes people coming in are interested but not everyone is a scammer, some just would like to have a good start. I admit I took the cheapest this bank has, but this bank has a reputation too, so I’ll get in contact to get maybe new seeds sent. I also admit I can be wrong with my germination.
So I vote not to close giveaways, it’s nature’s way to send seeds after all.
Ah, bribery, the American way.
Dibs and twenty
I like the way you think;). Sometimes:)
It’s amazing what will happen when you put $20 on the table. People change. I’ve seen it happen.
You might not like what you find in the dark corners 
Is that where I’ll finally find me? For years I’ve been told I’m lost.
It’s a labyrinth in there man you need a map.
Selling “ maps” $20 hit me up… lol
Did I miss any red flags?
@YOLO.T is not about who are the scammers it’s more about I feel I am unknowing avoiding new people when I used to normally would have helped them
I’m sure a lot are feeling the same way , many have left , how is this subconsciously affecting me , others , the site and what could be done if anything , kind off lol
Yes the scammers are making it difficult now for genuine new members , another consequense
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