PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
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#2Execellent! Somebody was pissed enough with the HN-SJW-nazis flagging and banning participants in the recent SargonofAkkad - Patreon controversy.
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#3Please note that "The Hacker News" is a separate site unrelated to "Hacker News".
Re: PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
#4Off topic, but "The Hacker News" should really change their name to "The Other Hacker News"
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#5Please note that "The Hacker News" is a separate site unrelated to "Hacker News".
This name confusion seems intentional and makes me default to unsympathetic, even though I suspect PayPal’s issue is not related to a name confusion root cause.
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#7Banning without explanation seems too common for Paypal?
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#8PayPal up to its usual top class behaviour I see
Have they ever been sued for similar?
Re: PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
#9Please note that "The Hacker News" is a separate site unrelated to "Hacker News".
This name confusion seems intentional and makes me default to unsympathetic, even though I suspect PayPal’s issue is not related to a name confusion root cause.
> This name confusion seems intentional
Do you have proof, or do you just happen to feel this way without actually knowing any background story? If you make such an accusation you should state your reasons, preferably observable facts. Both "hacker" and "news" are generic terms after all.
In addition, even if they did mimic the name, I would not see a problem. It's very descriptive, unlike a completely made-up word that someone spent a lot of effort on to establish as a brand.
Re: PayPal has permanently banned The Hacker News and hold funds for 180 days
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
This name confusion seems intentional and makes me default to unsympathetic, even though I suspect PayPal’s issue is not related to a name confusion root cause.
> This name confusion seems intentional Do you have proof, or do you just happen to feel this way without actually knowing any background story? If you make such an accusation you should state your reasons, preferably observable facts. Both "hacker" and "news" are generic terms after all. In addition, even if they did mimic the name, I would not see a problem. It's very descriptive, unlike a completely made-up word t…
"Washington" and "Post" are also generic terms.