Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by TimothyBJacobs on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:07AM
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In my mind, banks are infrastructure. There are a limited number of them, and you have to get a pretty specific charter to operate one (that I don't think is even being granted anymore?) Patreon isn't. Anyone can create a website where people donate money to creators.
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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by Sacho on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:11AM
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That's pretty vague. Where's the dividing line of "difficulty to set up" that differentiates banks from Patreon? There's actually more banks(even in my country) than websites dedicating to donating money to creators, as far as I know. Patreon supports recurring donations, so I'm guessing they have PCI compliance - your line is above "any guy with a website" but below "bank", but can you try pinning it down? Are Mastercard and Visa infrastructure?