Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation

Re:Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation by jayshua on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:13AM (#24350491)

Obviously her doxxing was a poor choice. However, she didn't have much legal recourse. She lives in China, and viewed herself as being at risk of retaliation from the CCP due to some of the personal details Vice choose to release. (Despite knowing (from her) the danger it would put her in.) Many (most?) people feel that the doxxing was her only means of retaliation given the circumstances.

Both actions are bad. But if I have to pick one to be "more" bad, I'd pick Vice's.

Those two points are probably what's at the root of the calls against Patreon here.

We don't live under eye-for-eye law. (Maybe China has some laws like that?) But people often view things in that light socially.

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Re:Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation by jononor on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:26AM (#24350874)

She was interrogated by the police not so long after. She posted that she was going with them when event happened, I recall. But afterwards the Twitter history was scrubbed... Unknown if it had any relation to the Vice case.

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Re:Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation by Closi on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @02:30AM (#24350585)

I think the problem for Patreon is that they have a policy and it’s best to enforce it consistently, rather than apply it based on some judgement of moral right.

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