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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Spank_My_Bottom ago
What donation platform do you prefer now? Bitcoin? Patreon? Wireless transfer?
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Edit: I had researched and set up Bitcoin Wallet and sent some funds to it, they will be all donated to Voat. I encourage the rest of the users to do the same.
Nevertheless, many people will not be willing to go through that hassle, voat should consider setting up their own credit card gate or allow people to send money via SOPA transaction.
HappyCoffee ago
I would think Bitcoin is probably the surest way to make sure it actually arrives...
Stoic ago
Many people that would otherwise donate will find having to get into bitcoin just to give a little bit of money too much of a hassle. There should be an easier alternative.
pilgrimboy14 ago
Someone should, if they haven't already, create an easy cash to Bitcoin site. I have no desire to learn the ins-and-outs of Bitcoin.
DarthYoda ago
just download an app like mycelium or breadwallet, then you can do anything you need. It is designed so a child can use it so it's not hard to figure out. You just have to get some btc, buy some from circle or get tipped from changetip
pilgrimboy14 ago
That may sound simple to you. It sounds like something I don't want to figure out to me. I have to figure out a new app and another website.
edited to be a little more constructive: What I would like is a site where I can say "I want to send $20 worth of bitcoins to this guy." And it does that. I just use my credit card without learning bitcoins.
AlLnAtuRalX ago
Are you in the US?
https://www.circle.com
https://www.coinbase.com/
https://www.gocelery.com/
all do exactly what you're looking for.
pilgrimboy14 ago
Thanks. Then my the problem I thought I had is nonexistent.