I caught the AM walking buddy today and passed him my "recruitment package." I am a bit unsure about giving myself away as a grower. I suppose if he joins with the code he will see.
I bought a $20 burner smartphone and preloaded a free VPN, a quick plain text note about the forum, the referral link, and passed it to him this morning. I know he tried to hide his joint but I simply walked up to him and said "smells nice!. I'd like to talk more, safety first, instructions on here," and kept on going. I think he thinks I'm a cop or gay. We shall see.
Used to do that at work when we needed to discuss something completely off the books. 2 prepaid burners, pass one on with the number to the other as the only saved contact. Then ditch when finished. Of course they used to be cheapo flip phones. Amazing what $20 gets you now. I was kind of impressed with it.