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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I can completely understand the reaction. It's only human.
Point is there is no proof. I have no doubt there will be groups or individuals bragging about this incident before the day is over. At this point the idea is so cliche though, it's impossible to tell if it's real, if it's someone claiming credit for something they didn't do, if it's a troll from the other side, or if it's just someone who wants to watch the world burn.