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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sozcaps ago
Reading the comments, I see a small horde being complete assholes rubbing their hands in glee in that reddit thread. I'm at a loss here. How are there so many shitty comments with no actual message and meaning? Shouldn't most of these guys just be ordinary dudes like us? Why the hell would redditors hate Voat with such a sadistic pissant passion? Are those misanthrope posters even real accounts? It's seriously no good for nothing to have some sort of war going on between us and (misguided?) Reddit loyalists.