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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Scotcheggs ago
Do you think these attacks are coming from reddit and reddit backers? It was quite easy to report voat to the European anti obscenity people to get it removed from servers (for example having just Nazi imagery on a website, even if people are not supportive of Nazis can get a website shut down in Germany and elsewhere). It would be quite easy for reddit and reddit backers to throw their weight around to discredit voat in every possible way. Considering reddit, those are exactly the sort of tactics they would use as well. Nothing is too nefarious or unethical to the people who run reddit when it comes to making money.
123_456 ago
It's like David versus Goliath. Goliath is a fucking cunt.