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PayPal Denies Twitch Troll $50,000 Worth In Refunds (ubergizmo.com)
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.
But this won't get any press from /. editors... it's much easier to bash Russia.
Correct the Record, a pro-Hillary Clinton political action committee (PAC), is spending over $1 million on online trolls in order to âcorrectâ(TM) Bernie Sanders supporters on social media sites.
The PAC this week launched an initiative called âoeBarrier Breakers 2016,â which is composed of a âoetask forceâ that will debate âBernie Bros,â(TM) presumably supporters of the Senator Sandersâ(TM)s campaign, as referred to by their official press release.
According to Correct the Record, the task force will âoecombat online political harassment,â boasting that it has already âoeaddressed more than 5,000 individuals who have personally attacked Secretary Clinton on Twitter.â
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/...
Am I missing something here? I've never heard of Twitch.
Yes, you're apparently missing the ability to do a simple Google search.
This may help you:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+t...
(hint: click any of the 10 results on the first page)
One of the many reasons I'm not using PayPal is because they thrive of these refunds and using any excuse possible to lock large sums of money in their system. Obviously they continue claiming they're "not a bank" and therefore don't have to follow any of the rules that any other merchant account needs to. With a little bit of looking around you can find cheaper options to PayPal, even solid merchant accounts for credit card processing.
In Europe paypal is regulated like a real bank. So they can't do their usual shenanigans.
They still suck, but they suck less than if I were using them from the US of A.
Later this month, people stupid enough to give money to a crowd-funded project, and do it via PayPal, will be shit out of luck,
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/...''
PayPal offers customers Purchase Protection for things they buy, including payments to crowd-funded projects. PayPal has announced that effective June 25 they be changing their TOS and will no longer offer Purchase Protection for crowdfunding. If you donate to a project via PayPal and it fails or turns out to be a scam, PayPal will no longer guarantee you that you will get your money back.
good link. I especially like this story from the results:
Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.
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Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown. But the episode underscores the special ethical challenges presented by the Clinton Foundation, headed by a former president who relied heavily on foreign cash to accumulate $250 million in assets even as his wife helped steer American foreign policy as secretary of state, presiding over decisions with the potential to benefit the foundation’s donors.
In the EU Paypal is, in fact, a bank and has been a bank for years. They have acquired a banking licence in Luxembourg after EU decided that they either have to be a bank or to stop providing their services.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
They reverse the charges because they think it's funny.
Normally when you make a donation you also get to send a short text message. Sometimes this message will get read out loud. So you donate a couple of dollars, have your troll message read and then reclaim your money and think that it's funny that you both tricked the streamer into thinking (s)he got money and also you tricked the system into giving you a "free" billboard message out (which is often mean or silly).