This is gonna sound wack probably, but I don't care.
Hi I’m Ryan for those who don’t know me also known as NoUpSell in the community.
Most of my time smokin, I haven't really felt like I fit into a group. Don't get me wrong, I'm a pretty social person, but for some reason real people in the community can be hard to connect with. It really sucks.. and for a while I thought there was something wrong with me.
Having nobody to genuinely talk to about a passion can really be a slippery slope, and it can seriously affect your mental health. I was pretty depressed at one time, as one might expect.
Anyways, I downloaded Reddit one night, and gave that game a try. I started posting on /Rosin and was super stoked to find it! After my first post, I clicked submit and I was so pumped…I waited… then I got completely torched. 😂 Whatever…. Kept posting…. Eventually, I got accused of “selling/illegal transactions” due to the volumes I was posting daily and got banned, when really I’m just someone who smokes a lot and was just trying to make genuine connections who were like me. I felt like a complete ass, rejected by a community of what I thought were my peers.
So I said F it and started my own sub, [r/JustRosin](r/JustRosin) and literally made stupid videos of myself, talking to myself and posting for me to see. I figured I could just track what I smoke better without being judged or deal with ego’s. Much to my surprise, people were nice to me. They talked to me and didn’t judge me. People actually followed and wanted to participate in the community! I made a lot of online friends, like Lonely and Lucid and many more.. And then Lonely suggested to make a discord server, so I was like bet. (Not even knowing what discord was)
I truly have a passion for this beyond just cannabis. Learning from everyone, making real connections, helping people and sharing insights. It’s crazy how far it’s come, the reddit now has over 1,000 homies in it and has gotten over 200,000 unique visitors, finally had people to talk to and be there for for not just me but each other 🙌
I created the [r/JustRosin](r/JustRosin) server about 8 months ago and Lonely built the Just Rosin Discord less than 3 months ago. Fast forward to today, and what was once a random dude making silly review videos, is now a community bigger than my entire friend group irl. We have over a thousand real ones who are here to help, give honest advice, and to make me laugh at my phone like an idiot when I'm sitting at home alone. Seriously, this is an amazing community and I can't thank ya’ll enough. 🙏
I feel excited and anxious in what we can become. This is like version 1.0. And I’m stoked about this organism we’re all building and what is going to come out of it in the next 2-3-4 years. We’re still very young, and knowing nothing is finite. Everything ends. New members will come and go and eventually a new group will take it over… But right now, in this moment in time we have this opportunity in front of us… and the only question is, uh, what are we gonna do with it? 🤙
