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Paypal has stopped processing payments for Voat, a donation-supported open-source clone of Reddit. A moderator of Reddit's SRS community has taken credit for convincing Paypal to take action against Voat.
Additionally: This is what happens when you create an online community without any rules, part 2
PayPal Cuts Off Reddit Clone Voat Over 'Obscenity'
Previously: HostEurope.De Cuts Service to Reddit Alternative Voat
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I'm mentally OVERDRAWN! What's that SIGNPOST up ahead? Where's ROD
STERLING when you really need him?
(Score: 2) by Marand on Thursday June 25 2015, @03:34PM
I actually look at reddit from time to time, but I can't help but wonder if they didn't engage in the exact same tactics.
From what I understand about the SRS sub-reddit, that sort of behaviour is more or less its reason to exist. Go searching for something they find objectionable, post it there, and if their readers "just happen to" doxx, attack, threaten, harass, etc. then it's a happy coincidence, but they totally don't endorse it *wink wink nudge nudge*
Hell, look at the second link in TFS for an example of it: one of their moderators took credit for doing exactly that sort of thing. Even if he (or she, doesn't matter) didn't do it, he was proud enough of what happened that he wanted to claim responsibility for the action.
Even when I agree that a comment is distasteful, I disagree with the methods used. Usually, when someone says something you find offensive, the appropriate response is to ignore it, because not everyone has to follow your worldview and you're just as likely to say something others think is terrible. Trying to stir up more shit by getting all your like-minded internet buddies to riot isn't productive, and if everyone attacks everything that bothers them, nobody will be able to say anything.
Disclaimer: I'm not really a reddit fan and don't visit much, so I could be missing some nuances to the SRS/rest-of-world interaction. From my outsider perspective, though, SRS basically seems like a shithole that exists to harass people for thinking or saying the wrong things (according to SRS groupthink). It's an angry mob at internet scale.