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Paypal Cuts Service to Reddit Clone Voat

posted by takyon on Thursday June 25 2015, @08:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-drama dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Vanderhoth on Thursday June 25 2015, @05:34PM

    by Vanderhoth (61) on Thursday June 25 2015, @05:34PM (#201101)

    Extremism hurts everyone. I believe the issue is most people are apathetic which allows vocal minorities to control a message. Showing people it is a minority and convincing them to speak out is key to getting them to ignore that minority. The only reason politicians side with "SJW" is because they're loud and precised to be the popular opinion.

    See my other post for suggestions on dealing with this without resorting to their tactics:
    https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=8100&cid=201052#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]

    For all the bad PR GamerGate gets, they've been incredibly successful in exposing and dealing with these types of people. Most of the journalist that tried to smear GamerGate have been let go and/or moved on. Some complain they can't find work now, they've become unhireable (Alex Lifschitz, Kim Crawley) and beg for money from GamerGhazi and get eaten alive by them for stepping out of line. Other journalist, like Ian Miles Cheong, have completely flipped sides because of how bad "SJW" are to them. Some have been refactored out of the sites they did work for (Leigh Alexander and Ben Kuchera)

    It's a slow and painful fight, but strides are being made all the time.

    --
    "Now we know", "And knowing is half the battle". -G.I. Joooooe
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