Its not that you can't discuss the silk road here, but theres a big difference between having a discussion about the Silk Road and looking for help accessing it. While not always true, its pretty much implied that if you are looking for it, you are looking for something illegal. On the other hand, people here discuss the Silk Road's effects on Bitcoin's economy, the impression that people get of Bitcoin as a result of the Silk Road's popularity, etc. That isn't an issue.
That said, last I heard the silk road got shut down a few times, so the thread may have been deleted as spam.
Wouldnt say so, hence no one cares about illegal stuf in the Digital Goods, so why should someone care about this.
I don't really want to take this thread off topic, so if you want to discuss this further, make a new topic about it, but we are aware of the nonsense that goes on in the digital good section, but its a really difficult topic. The topics that are blatantly illegal are deleted, however its somewhat difficult to prove what is and isn't illegal unless the OP says something that they shouldn't have. People can farm accounts for things to sell. They can do credit card rewards schemes or social engineer store credit to sell, and it looks identical to the people that are doing something illegal and offering the same service.
If we want to wipe out all of the scammers and fraudsters, we are also going to catch the people that spend their time making accounts and taking advantage of free trials/rebates/etc to sell to people who don't have the time or knowhow to get them themselves. Its not that we won't crack down or place new restrictions, but we typically look for a solution that stops the majority of the bad eggs while not impacting the regular members too much. It takes a lot of time to figure out a new plan and we end up spinning our wheels for a while looking for a solution that maximizes the good and minimizes the bad.
