btw you know 3 moderators from the silk road forums were arrested on xmas 2013?
Now i'll be careful to not say anything that wasnt in the papers, but i believe they were arrest in connection with helping to run the site (or something similar i'm about to leave for work and not gonna check now) even though they were just mods on the forum.
I'm not suggesting you guy have anything to worry as obviously silk road was on every single 3 letter agencies radar, but still, It can happen.. and hopefully it woulnt... but if it does the disclaimer defense is not gonna end well
just to confirm i'm NOT saying the mods here will be arrested at gun point so don't all start flapping your chompers. i'm just saying.. it did happen to mods... granted they were on the largest drug buying website in the world. The world isnt black and white. lots of grey and purple.. and green.. and blue.. all the colors of the rainbow (minus grey, purple, and add a few more if you grade 2 memory is correct)
The moderators from the Silk Road forums were also users of the Silk Road, and easily trackable because of their positions. I figure as long as I stay out of the drug markets I'll be alright
The disclaimers are very similar to what you will see on craigslist. The Moderators aren't responsible for what people put on this website, we moderate posts to cut down on spam, and remove the outright stupid posts, not to protect people from scams. It would be impossible for us to catch all but the obvious scams, and by taking action against any of them, we would be providing a false sense of security, leading to even more scams. Use your own judgement, don't get scammed, and let others know if you detect fraud.