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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lawofchaos ago
I wonder how long it will take before an SRS mod boats about reporting Voat to PayPal as a porn service or something.
Soupias ago
We will see soon enough. However I find it hard to believe that actions like these happen because a looney sjw said so. Where is the evidence?
dtch ago
Sadly, it seems like almost anything would get most companies to shut down someone. It's the 'shoot first, ask later' mentalilty.
"Hey boss, someone just said that voat.co hosts child porn!"
"We can't have that! Shut it down!"
VOAT PAYPAL PERMANENTLY LIMITED.