Comment · Wed, January 27, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Why are Ceretropic's payment methods so difficult? I want to get my N-Acetyl Semax now!
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locused · 1 points
I'm unsurprised that there are constant conflicts between vendors. There appear to be veritable smear campaigns against other vendors and I never see anything deriding Ceretropic on this sub. I'm not saying it's a certainty, but having a vendor as a moderator may be altering some of the feed of critique.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Please do not insinuate corruption without evidence. I agreed to explicitly exclude Ceretropic from the normal subreddit rules protecting vendors, to prevent any suggestions that results are tampered with. So you could go and create a thread right now saying Ceretropic products are fake, and it would stay up. Make the same post about Powder City, and it would be taken down in lieu of proof. Just search around, and there are threads criticizing myself and Ceretropic out there. Nothing gets deleted. Just in the past week, multiple posts about other vendors have been deleted, either because of no proof, or because they were made by new accounts. You just never see them.
Ceretropic is my project. None of the other moderators have any stake in it. They would be the first ones to call me out if they do not like something I am doing. Shrillthrill always critiques things that I am doing, both good and bad. ZombieChalmers is not afraid to speak his mind to me, and tell me when he thinks I am being stupid. The entire mod team discusses things as a group, and keeps each other on the same page. I also remove myself from decisions I cannot be impartial on. If you are seeing a lack of derisive posts about Ceretropic, it's probably because I actually listen to people, and attempt to improve things that people think need improving. I am also very reachable. So people usually either PM me with issues they are having, or write our support email. I don't solicit people to review us. I don't delete posts criticizing us. I don't even try to sell people on things at any point. Until very recently, I never even used the Reddit advertising system, and preferred to just let people hear about us organically, and come to their own decisions. This is why you don't see much derision regarding us, not some conspiracy about suppression of people's posts. In fact, because we did not want people constantly getting annoyed with Ceretropic question posts, we direct people over to /r/Ceretropic for routine questions. That is an attempt to not annoy people with constant questions on this subreddit regarding us. I really try as hard as I can to appease everyone's stance regarding the situation.
The Nootropics space is cutthroat right now. There are smear campaigns going on, and stupid wars in the background. I deal with it every day. I will say that it is not just one single competitor that has come after us. One in particular set our processing issues off. However, we've since learned of other involvement from different vendors. When there is blood in the water, the sharks start coming. Our processing issues made us an easy target, and some people capitalized on it. We not only deal with the Nootropics vendors, but the SARM and peptide space too; which is extra shady. The perceived unfairness that some vendors see in my position makes me extra susceptible to flak as well.
So please, if you have criticism of what I am doing, or suggestions on things to improve, by all means let me know. But don't insinuate that I am deleting posts to alter the perception of Ceretropic. It's the exact opposite. All mod actions are tracked, and anyone would be able to immediately see if I was being dishonest. I try to be as honest and forthcoming as I possibly can, and anyone that really knows me can confirm that.