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Reading further down the thread, it seems they were suspended for violation of Medium's policy on cryptocurrencies... despite the fact that they have never writ
by rcthompson 9y ago
Reading further down the thread, it seems they were suspended for violation of Medium's policy on cryptocurrencies... despite the fact that they have never written about cryptocurrencies.
- minimaxir 9y agoMedium has a policy on cryptocurrency? Given the amount of problematic thought pieces submitted to HN from it (and the no-so-subtle advertisements for the author’s own crypto), you wouldn’t know it.
- rcthompson 9y agoHere's the post where they quote the message Medium sent them: https://mastodon.xyz/@Liberapay/99744414079487371 https://mastodon.xyz/@Liberapay/99744414079487371 And here's the policy page it links to: https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000646167 https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000646167
- minimaxir 9y agoAh, that policy page was added a week ago (the update date is visible on the mobile site). Even if that policy was violated, it’s a jerk move to ban for infractions prior to that date.
- erAck 9y agoJerks do jerk moves to move as jerks.
- SuperNinKenDo 9y agoProbably a pre-emptive move triggered by FOSTA and that other one that starts with S who's name I forgot.
- rcthompson 9y agoI don't think FOSTA/SESTA have anything to do with cryptocurrencies.
- rch 9y agoIt does look like an obvious mistake, based on the cached content Librapay posted as an example and others I could pull up in Google's cache. Hope they get a quick turnaround with support.
- ohtwenty 9y agoFurther down the thread there's a link to (all of?) their posts on archive.org, i think