Voat PayPal account has been permanently limited (announcements)

submitted ago by Atko

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.

Scribble ago

I think that's more a case of attention whoring, rather than actual ability. He saw Voat's PayPal frozen, and was simply the first to jump on the 'I did it, me! Look how awesome I am!' train.

WarJakk ago

I'm thinking the same. But hey, gotta get your attention somehow huh?

123_456 ago

I think this is the guy who is doing it. Don't go on a witch hunt, but I think it's him. He's the only one with this username.

Sam Dworkin.

https://twitter.com/dworkinator

http://yooying.com/dworkinator

http://www.sdworkin-design.com/

His information says he's from Eugene Or.

problematica ago

Nope. Wrong person. SRS users are referencing a radical feminist author named Andrea Dworkin. The guy you're pointing to just has the same last name by unfortunate coincidence.

philomath ago

oh, wow. I bet the people at FPH had a field day with her...

TopShelfPrivilege ago

Archived version, for people who would rather not give Ellen Pao's ass-backwards version of Reddit traffic:

https://archive.is/worAe

Majatek ago

Wow, Reddit's community just gets worse and worse. All that I see from Reddit nowadays is constant hatred and vitriol from edgy mcedgemiesters trying to shit all over other users on other websites because "wrongthink".

Also, thanks for the archive. You're doing god's work.

trebach ago

Updated archive since the last one didn't get all the comments: https://archive.is/itnzV

BlackBetty ago

Wow. This sounds a lot like tortuous interference.

SimonWest ago

should have archivend that link. don't send their sub more traffic.

RightInThePussy ago

Just use adblock and HTTPS then it costs them money

lawofchaos ago

Come on people, if this doesn't mean that it's all out war then I don't know what will. Child porn?