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It probably depends on how much money Stripe can make from you for dealing with the risk. For HN readers, you probably get instantly banned for life if any use
by jrockway 4y ago
It probably depends on how much money Stripe can make from you for dealing with the risk. For HN readers, you probably get instantly banned for life if any user uploads porn. For Twitter, they can probably take the right person out for dinner and make the issue go away.
- sho 4y agoDon't think it's solely about the money. Reputation, history, everything else is in the mix. Of course Twitter would have an excellent argument that porn is only a tiny subset of its content and it has much larger, legitimate uses. As a founder, you don't have that reputation and track record to point to, so you'll need to be more careful, especially in the early days. But I doubt it's about the pure dollars and cents. There's plenty of money in porn, even now. It's about having a plausible story to tell the card companies and PR. Twitter and Reddit are safe, and it's about that story, not steak dinners.
- Edd314159 4y agoThese very likely aren’t Stripe’s rules, they’re a composite of various regulations and rules imposed by banks and card networks.