Whatever happened to Speciosa Republic?

[IndelibleDotInk]

They liked to act friendly to vendors and then exposed what they felt was improper procedures.

[Lokey]

I remember hearing about them and their page came up when I googled it a couple years ago but can't find it now. I do know a lot of people didn't like them.

[BallzDeep9]

They liked to act friendly to vendors and then exposed what they felt was improper procedures.

Its a very good question, unfortunately the majority here on MM likely have no knowledge, since it's from 2018 - by late 2019 they had disappeared. . Supposedly iirc from FB talk the people involved first got Doxxed, then contacted at their home or work place, and given a suggestion to Cease and Desist. "Or Else". That's what I remember reading somewhere.

Let me try & write a "Nutshell" for anyone curious... OK, a whole bunch of Shit Hit The Fan, FOUR years ago. Early 2018. All around the same time!

• 1- Multiple crappy vendors, got busted selling Raw powder infected with Salmonella... customers who didn't Prep their powder, got sick.
• 2- Reddit shut down, and kicked off any group discussing Vendors or sales or transaction, leading to E- starting MM here and on MeWe.
• 3- On Facebook, in response to the Salmonella fears, a bunch of women began attacking vendors, demanding Lab tests and "Clean Room videos" otherwise they would accuse vendor of selling "Dirty Kratom".

There's a LOT more details... They put-up a website, with List of the Dirty Vendors. Another FB group called: Kratom Assholes, also started a similar website, and List of Dirty Vendors. Both of these websites, also reported on real scams, and Kratom rip-offs, of which there were many.... Anyone who is curious, can check the Wayback Machine and view the old Speciosa Republic Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20191201000 ... public.org

FOUR years ago: Salmonella! -- https://www.consumerreports.org/dietary ... -outbreak/

[bluebop]

I wondered what had happened to make Reddit freak out. Parts of our history are not very pretty. So it goes. Thanks for being a historian.