“Here you go” opens uninformed users up to being exploited by shills and scammers in the context of the biggest gold rush of our generation, which is taking place completely underground. Encouraging new users to become informed instead of saying “you don’t know me or anything about the landscape but you should buy from x vendor” serves to protect them. If you’ve been around for a minute you’ll be well aware of the amount of astroturfing that goes on in these spaces. Not to mention the harm that can result from getting injectable underground lab meds into users’ hands before they have a basic understanding of how to reconstitute and dose safely, which again requires a level of self-sufficiency that ought to be encouraged.I just don’t get the point in replying to every newcomer with the same “learn it for yourself” responses. It would be the same amount of effort to say “here you go”.
The landscape is constantly changing, there is a lot of bad information out there (both just because so many know-it-alls like to share their uninformed opinions and because bad actors are trying to extract money from you), and a vendor that is good yesterday may not be good today. A lot of harm can result, both financial and physical. Users need to be responsible for themselves in such an environment.