The reason given was "Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive payments for certain sexually oriented materials or services or for items that could be considered obscene". This is wrong/false on so many levels. We used PayPal only as a means to receive voluntary donations from people who wanted to support further development of Voat and to help pay for our hosting fees. This is beyond crazy.
According to PayPal User Agreement, our funds can be kept by PayPal for 180 days. I requested further clarification from PayPal, but I would like to advise everyone who planned to donate to Voat - to NOT do so via PayPal.
Honestly, I don't know what I expected when I trusted PayPal with our donation money. I apologize to everyone who donated to us through PayPal and I will badge everyone who did so even if the funds are never released by PayPal.
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Guerilla ago
Well, that was expected. Paypal is a fucking terrible corporation and people should REALLY stop trusting these fucking blackmailers. How many people must these fucks screw before the public stops trusting them with their money?
edit: It seems Google Wallet is just as terrible, so the only solution for an easy to pay system is a build in site pay feature which imo should be a priority now if we want voat to survive. Unless there are other suggestions.
edit2: If you don't want to close your paypal account because you might need it in the future, which is understandable given its popularity, I urge everyone to empty their paypal accounts completely and only use it for direct transactions with their CC. Not just because you're boycotting but to protect your money from these thieving fucks (for example...). Also, if you're buying something from another country make sure to change the settings to stop paypal from converting the currency for you (the setting is in tiny fond during the transaction) because paypal's currency exchange rates are obscenely expensive. It's just another way for paypal to rip off their customers and it's actually an opt-out system which is enraging. And DO NOT "upgrade" your account unless you really need that, iirc there are a couple of scams there too.
bontoJR ago
No, Google Wallet is even worse than Paypal and they actually retired the API, so you can't really do anything big with them. Solution now seems to be Bitcoin, even Skrill can't be considered as alternative...
RandomResponse ago
I'm pretty sure you can send money through gmail, all you need is the email address of your recipient.
If not that, well, there's always bitcoin
bontoJR ago
Yes, but after a certain amount they will shut you down or ask for more information.
RandomResponse ago
But how much is that? If you're moving many thousands of dollars yeah I'm sure they would check that it's not being laundered but how much is a single person going to donate to voat at a time?
It seems to me my suggestion is a perfectly viable option.
bontoJR ago
If you have many small transactions in a short amount of time, they will shut you down. There's no way you can use Google Wallet for this kind of stuff. I know a guy that had the account frozen after less than 1k of donations in 3 months for a Wordpress plugin on Github. There's no defined rule, but having a lot of people donating small amounts will drive their attention on the account.
nether ago
I know I might get downboated for saying this. But setting up ripple node bumping up trust would work well too. It is not anonymous but banks are buying into it and it is direct transfer from account to account no middle man like paypal/gwallet.
n3x_ ago
*downgoated
icenine ago
Exactly. Remember where you are, sir!
astickyheresy ago
downscroted?
nether ago
Thanks for correction will apply accordingly.