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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AtheistComic ago
I've not used my paypal in years. They are cunts and have always been cunts except during the first few years when they were trying to get the world addicted to smoking their crack.
Just process your own cc or switch to something like: https://www.paymentwall.com/
Get a contract with the financial people first that explains what voat's purpose is and how you handle illegal content. If they sign it then they will be telling you that no complaint from an SJW will cause you to be shut down unless you fail to perform a proper takedown. Make your takedown requests public so everyone can read them then if a SJW makes a false report, you can prove your compliance to your own policies.
Trust everyone, but verify. That's what it should be about.