I'm a mod at Triedia and before accepting the position, I gave a lot of thought to the potential for criminal or civil liability that might result from being associated with a board that advocates steroid use.
All the mods at Triedia are aware of these risks, and decided that it was more important to help out newbies who might otherwise screw themselvews up, than hide in fear from "the man".
Notice I said "board that advocates steroid use". In this regard Triedia is no different from Elite or any other anabolic forum.
Many of you are probably aware of the civil wrongful death suit against NAMBLA that is pending. The parents of a kid who was killed by a pedophile are suing members of NAMBLA and its internet provider because, in the words of the complaint " The plaintiffs claim that the group's publications and the information provided on its internet site caused a third party to torture, murder, and mutilate their son"
So just simply advocating steroid use could conceivably land somebody in a lawsuit, open source posting or not. Imagine a scenario where some kid goes on a shooting rampage and claims it was caused by "roid rage". The relatives of the victims find out he learned all about steroids at Elite, or Triedia, or wherever, and all the mods and the owner end up with at a minimum hefty legal bills.
The ACLU is defending NAMBLA charging that the group was simply exercising its first amendment rights. As reprehensible as NAMBLA and its philosophy are to me personally, I hope they win this one. If not it could set a precedent where members of anabolic forms could end up being sued or worse just for discussing steroid use in any sort of positive light.