Tag Archives: paypal

Why moderation at scale doesn’t work

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Writing about PayPal reminded me of that time Archie McPhee “We Make Weird” – currently selling a plastic “Squirrel In Underpants Nodder” – was unable to sell “Tardigrade Ornaments” online. Tardigrade as in Waterbears, those adorable microscopic creatures that live … Continue reading →

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Closing your PayPal account

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

You really shouldn’t lose your password for your PayPal account. I’ve spent 27 minutes on call with a customer service agent from PayPal, trying to log in to my PayPal account to finally, after years and years of trying, to … Continue reading →

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Hiring insanity

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Reading these notes from Peter Thiel’s course CS183: Startup, on hiring and company culture in a tech startup reminds me that sanity is not a prerequisite for success: There were some doubts, since she seemed reluctant to solve a coding … Continue reading →

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When the left turn to the feudal overlords

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Deplatforming works; forcing a platform, like Facebook or Twitter, to remove a user so that user can no longer use the platform absolutely works. A crazy person like Alex Jones and his fake news Infowars is not missed, but of … Continue reading →

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Email marketing process

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I used PayPal many years ago. Not so many years ago, I tried to delete my PayPal account and I think I have tried at least once every year ever since. This has not worked, at least not till now. … Continue reading →

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Mislykket kundeservice

Posted on Feb 1, 2014 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Paypal sender mig med jævne mellemrum en mail der kunne ligne et phising forsøg: “Der er et problem med din konto … måske uberettiget brug … log in for at opdatere”. Men det er faktisk fra Paypal så jeg tænkte at … Continue reading →

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