PayPal Denies Twitch Troll $50,000 Worth In Refunds (ubergizmo.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday June 7, 2016 @11:33AM from the better-luck-next-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Trolling is commonplace on the internet. On Twitch, one of the many ways people troll Twitch streamers is by making donations, only to get a refund from PayPal at the very last minute, thus tricking streamers into thinking they've been given large sums of money. A troll by the name of iNexus_Ninja has been doing exactly this. However, when he tried to go to PayPal to refund the charges, PayPal decided to deny his request which ultimately left the troll $50,000 in debt. Twitch streamers apparently fought against his request for a refund and won. Meanwhile, Russia is paying state-sponsored trolls, elevating the troll to the level of professional propagandists.

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Re:What the hell is Twitch? by OzPeter · 2016-06-07 11:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Am I missing something here? I've never heard of Twitch.
Don't you people have *any* social awareness?
tWitch is a popular dancer who made his name on season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance.

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Re:What the hell is Twitch? by FatdogHaiku · 2016-06-07 13:28 · Score: 5, Funny

But when you see a commercial on TV about product XX you've never heard of, you don't wonder "why are they talking about XX", right?
Because they can't do XXX on TV?

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