ToadOfHypnosisVPN Block on Lemmy
yardratianSomaI’m using a VPN, comments work just fine for me, on AirVPN.
Schwim DandyInstances often temporarily block participation from certain VPN traffic due to coordinated attacks that occur from those IPs. Most instances lift the ban when the attacks taper off.
I’m commenting from a VPN.
Register on a different lemmy instance that does not do that.
You might be confusing one particular instance for the entirety of Lemmy
i too have received errors when posting while using a VPN. also, some posts would show a blank image, which led me to believe there was just a bad connection, but i accidentally clicked the direct link once and it asked me to do a captcha bot check, and then after that the image loaded normally.
Remember that lemmy is not one monolithic structure. User experience will vary from instance to instance. If your instance or an instance you’re visiting is blocking you when on vpn, it’s that instance’s admins who decided to do that. It would be better to ask in their support or meta community.
I guess I just expected a techie centric platform like this to be more VPN friendly.
Like I said, it’s only as vpn friendly as the instance admin wants it to be. It’s not the platform that’s vpn averse, it’s the person/people running it. The admin may or may not have a legit reason for blocking VPNs. Who knows, maybe the instance is being attacked so they temporarily blocked VPNs.
If it’s your home instance that’s doing it, then you should consider moving to another instance that aligns more to your values.
🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖Their is no such thing as “visiting another instance” everything u do (except images depending on ur home instance config) goes through ur home instance.
This isn’t accurate - you can absolutely visit other instances directly by typing their URL, and when you do that your traffic (including login) goes directly to that instance, not through your home instance, which is why some instanes might block VPNs while others don’t.
Likely the mod of your instance decided to brute force a problem they were facing with spam or ban evasion by banning VPNs. Maybe get in touch with them to let them know it’s inconveniencing you - or switch to another instance.
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