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by tardedmeme 25 days ago
There is no gap between those things. Any fraud signal at all either causes people to get blocked, then it's a cross-merchant block, or it doesn't cause people to get blocked, then it's useless.
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The gap between “block on first signal” and “ignore the signal entirely” exists, and it is not small.
The gap between "block transaction" and "don't block transaction" is nonexistent and that's the only thing that actually matters. What else are you, as a payment processor, gonna do besides block a transaction? Allow the transaction but send the user a sternly worded email?
False dichotomy is false; good day.
You repeatedly failed to describe any third option. Good day.