Shopify only supports “authentic” swastikas, apparently.
Come on, Shopify. What exactly is the angle on allowing this shit? What minuscule constituency do you think you might lose if you act like decent human beings?
Come on, Shopify. What exactly is the angle on allowing this shit? What minuscule constituency do you think you might lose if you act like decent human beings?
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James Temperton
Scoop: In a leaked internal message, Shopify's general counsel said risk of fraud, not Nazi swastika, was the reason for taking down Kanye West's online store.
"This wasn't real commerce - it was a stunt, not a good faith attempt to make money," the message reads.
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"This wasn't real commerce - it was a stunt, not a good faith attempt to make money," the message reads.
thelogic.co/news/shopify...
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The less charitable interpretation is that they’re not very smart.
The least charitable interpretation is that they’re cool with Nazis.
You know what other kind of “termination” is never good?
I smell bullshit. It's a contrived excuse to kick the content off the platform without pissing off the white nationalist movement.
It's the only thing that makes some sort of sense.
OR Tobias is a white nationalist and wants to protect them.
Gotta be in that Venn diagram somewhere.
The fraud concern is a factual lie.
So by invoking 'fraud risk' they are mixing the terms to confuse people. Shopify also has processes to remove payments from being accepted.
Nothing to do with platform.