Shopify dropped a ban on ‘hateful content’ last year.

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    But not because of the Nazi merch…

    Shopify tells Bloomberg and NBC News that it wasn’t removed simply for listing the item, saying in a statement that “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.”

    Last year, the e-commerce platform removed a clause banning “hateful content” from its acceptable use rules, Bloomberg reports.

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    so they only ban hateful content from balck guys now? Is that how this works? 🤷‍♂️

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      As a black man who grew up listening to his music as well as including his work as some of my favourite of all time…

      He needs to be stopped. This man is mentally ill and ruining his legacy by posting shit like this. All hateful content should be removed but as someone well known as him he deserves special treatment.

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        Mans obviously alienated anyone around him that cares. Donda passing was the worst thing for him, and he still hasn’t gotten the help he desperately needs. There’s no one left in his orbit.

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          What a way to honoer his mother’s name than to name his creative company after her and then associate all of this with nazism.

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        someone well known as him he deserves special treatment

        Kanye wouldn’t be this crazy if he wasn’t famous, so it’s not really special treatment.

        The constant positive reinforcement no matter what just makes them go crazier.

        Like, “pushing the envelope” isn’t sustainable, eventually you get to the point where you’re only paying attention to topping yourself, it’s not “is this better?” anymore its just “is this crazier?”

        It apparently doesn’t take long till you’re throwing swastikas on everything just to get people to notice.

        Most people grow out of that shit. But Kanye got paid insane amounts of money to act like that, he’s going to keep doing until it stops working.

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          Dude literally has bipolar disorder and doesn’t take his medication. He’s not being paid to ruin his own reputation.

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            Dude literally has bipolar disorder and doesn’t take his medication

            Because the people around him always say “yes”.

            They’re like an improv group, no matter what Kanye says, they call him a genius. Because if you do t, you’re out of his orbit.

            Not taking his medication is a symptom of the problem, not the cause. But it 100% exacerbates the problem.

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        He fried his brain with N2O, There aren’t even two properly working neurons in that head

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      No, they removed the store because: “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.”

      Last year, the e-commerce platform removed a clause banning “hateful content” from its acceptable use rules, Bloomberg reports.

      They’re perfectly fine with hateful content/merch.

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        so he got shut down for what? not including the composition of the fabric? the country of origin? but not for what was on it?

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    Thank you for the reports. It’s on the line, but e-commerce is tangentially related to tech. Downvote this comment if you don’t want to see posts like this in the future.