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Dante_

Dante_

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Feb 27, 2025
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Lately I've seen a few sources posted in thread, questioning their authenticity or lack thereof, for anyone who isn't aware or is unsure, please DO NOT post sources publicly because it risks compromising them as they very easily can be if not careful especially images, if anything, the source you are asking has most likely been discussed already and so please find information on them.
 
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UserFromNowhere

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May 4, 2025
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I'd also like to mention that, under no circumstance (even in DMs/PMs) should you provide any direct links to the source. I've seen this happen a number of times where people would ask me to confirm a source that they'd send the full link itself. You should not do this. Confirming a source is better done by confirming details about the website rather than directly providing the website to people. Someone who has not found the source (including bad actors) could get the source by pretending as if they know how to confirm it and using that as leverage to attempt to extract a URL. Do not provide URLs.
 
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Feb 27, 2025
506
I'd also like to mention that, under no circumstance (even in DMs/PMs) should you provide any direct links to the source. I've seen this happen a number of times where people would ask me to confirm a source that they'd send the full link itself. You should not do this. Confirming a source is better done by confirming details about the website rather than directly providing the website to people. Someone who has not found the source (including bad actors) could get the source by pretending as if they know how to confirm it and using that as leverage to attempt to extract a URL. Do not provide URLs.
Agreed.
 
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thelostautistic

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Jul 31, 2025
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I'd also like to add that hints to a certain source are getting far too specific on here.
 
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UserFromNowhere

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May 4, 2025
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As is a common issue that ive noticed, far too specific...
Honestly, I think banning discussion of sources outside of detailing whether the SN from the source is authentic would be the best move at this rate. Too many discussion posts revealing various details about sources leading to overuse and compromisation of the source. Yes, it would be gate-keeping, but details could be provided via PMs if the user has built up enough trust. If someone's really desperate and can't find a source they can always make their own SN which, as long as proper protocol is followed, will likely be a sufficient enough purity to CTB with. But I'm also not in a capacity to make decisions regarding moderation. These are just my own views.
 
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Dante_

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Feb 27, 2025
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Too many discussion posts revealing various details about sources leading to overuse and compromisation of the source. Yes, it would be gate-keeping, but details could be provided via PMs if the user has built up enough trust.
I respect that especially considering how posts are made about dsl every few hrs or so.
 
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aufrechtm7

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Feb 14, 2026
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I think it's safe to say there's almost certainly some amount of bad actors on this site, especially on the public side of the forum. I feel like there's been a lot of people who maybe intentionally or unintentionally end up guilt tripping others into giving them sources.

Definitely in favor of banning discussion of it because the amount of threads and replies I've seen asking about sources have gone overboard, and some forget that you don't need an account to view everything.
 
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Macedonian1987

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Just a sad guy from Macedonia.
Oct 22, 2025
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Hints and clues of how to find DSL have been given so much and so frequently in the past month that I a person who don't even wanna know the location of the DSL website, managed to find it.

I agree with the mods, people should be much more careful to whom they share these hints and clues.
 
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I think it's safe to say there's almost certainly some amount of bad actors on this site, especially on the public side of the forum. I feel like there's been a lot of people who maybe intentionally or unintentionally end up guilt tripping others into giving them sources.
Agreed, now I know people would like info on sources but no one needs to be guilt tripped into providing them to someone having said they looked for hrs on end for clues to find it and then end up insulting someone who refuses to do so, i think that makes interaction here between users more difficult than it already is when it comes to this especially.
 
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thelostautistic

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Just bumping this because I think more people need to see it👍.
 
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