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by tarranoth 1354 days ago
I think it is simply the domain name itself, not anything they did. The domain name he uses (stamhoofd) translates to "head of the tribe/tribal leader". I can imagine that such a word can easily have bad connotations and nobody wants their brand to support any site with a potentially offensive name that can turn into a PR nightmare. Likely it got flagged for this reason.