Hi all,
I have VPN turned on on my phone all the time.
To be able to post anything, including to comment, I need to turn off the VPN. To be honest, I’m quite conflicted by this.
Any reason why this is or what to do about it besides turning off the VPN?
I’m using Voyager as a client.
Edit: it seems like the instance is the issue. Moving here from Reddit it’s not as simple as j would have thought. Also, VPNs are essential, no VPN is no go for me.
Case closed.
Probably your instance. For example, I’m on a VPN all day every day and I get to post and comment and use Lemmy like nothing happened.
So this is why all my posts never showed!
Just kidding, I just almost never post, but I do use a VPN almost all the time.
Solution: Move to a Lemmy instance that doesn’t suck
Yet another reason not to use lemmy.world
Lemmy.world, which you log into and is the one that receives your VPN connection, uses Cloudflare in front of their server. So it’s actually Cloudflare that receives your VPN connection. It’s probably giving you that captcha screen which your app can’t display (or being denied entirely). I’m on VPN too and when a link makes me open a .world post it gives me the Cloudflare captcha every time.
Not guaranteed to be this reason but my money’s on it. Try logging into lemmy.world from your browser on the VPN, will help you troubleshoot if it gives nonstandard pages when trying to post or especially when logging in.
It’s definitely your instance, most probably VPNs are not allowed on it. If you do want to use a VPN on Voyager, try changing the country/server, (or exit point as someone else suggested) you should manage to find one that works. - switch quickly then post, works for me.
Edit: yep had to do it to post this message.
It seems like it. I’ll change the instance.
LW makes an effort to block posting from public VPNs because it also has open registration, and there’s not really much else that can be done to prevent a particularly belligerent spammer/troll from just repeatedly registering accounts. This was put in place after a particularly bad spate of it.
I’m not especially pleased about it, but I understand why it’s happened
.ml doesn’t block VPNs.
I’m on a vpn posting this comment.
Same haha
I’m posting from a VPN, no issues. Try a different instance.
Either spam/troll/bot protection or a government honey pot.
Find a new instance.
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They aren’t calling you a troll, they’re offering a reason that Lemmy.world doesn’t allow VPNs
The only reason was “change your instance” the other comments were useful, not this one.
I assume some instances have coordinated-attack prevention software that disables traffic from past offender IPs, and VPNs are a common way to centralize and anonymize data. Whether malicious in intent or not, a strike against your VPN server might cause a blockage.
im posting from behind a vpn right now
As others have said it is based on instance. I get why some have instances have the restriction though.
I get why some have instances have the restriction though.
I get it too.
Which is why I so fucking hate ppl, companies, govs, w/e who abuse services. When it gets bad enough, it makes the service clamp down. And that means loss of privacy for everyone. Even the ppl not abusing it.
TBF I don’t know what will prevent the more open Lemmy instances from that fate. Today, Lemmy flies under the radar. Too small for anyone to notice or care. Too tiny to be target for mass disinfo campaigns. Or shitty influencers to infest and take it over. But if it gets big enuf… it’ll have the same probs. There are probs that aren’t do to the algorithms on reddit or w/e. Some come from sheer scale. Humans gotta ruin everything nice.
Huh, have you tried changing your exit?
Because I’m on a vpn now…
lemmy.world blocks VPNs. If you have anti-censorship features you can use them to post.
Using VPN right now and posting.
What’s that anti-censorship feature? Is it like a flag you can get on your account or something?
