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Why is Lemmy.world cracking down on VPN users?

https://lemmy.world/post/11693003

Why is Lemmy.world cracking down on VPN users? - Lemmy.World

Up until yesterday, this problem didn’t exist but today when I was connected to a VPN, I couldn’t post either a text or image post. I got this error: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data After I disconnected from my VPN, the error went away.

Show threadDr. WeskerFeb 8, 2024
With zero context, that error doesn’t look intentional, let alone targeted at VPN users. I believe it is the result of a malformed JSON payload.
Show threadstevestevesteveFeb 8, 2024
It’s the result of the webservice returning an html error page instead of a json response.
Show threadsolrizeFeb 8, 2024
It would be preferable to return an error response in a json string, if that’s feasible.
Show threadstevestevesteve
Of course it would but I’m just saying what I’m seeing
Feb 8, 2024 at 3:42amWeb