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why won't Lemmy let me comment or post unless Idisconnecte from my vpn (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Dop@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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That's it, I get an error message whenever I try to post or comment if I'm connected to my VPN, butnot trouble if I just get disconnected. Does not fit the idea of decentralized social media I had, but overall I'm mainly curious as to the reason why it is so.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe Lemmy.world blocks VPNs. You could try a different instance which doesn't have that policy

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I comment on Lemmy.World all the time via a VPN though. Maybe they don't allow it for accounts on their instance?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are commenting on a lemmy.world community, but your connecting to sh.itjust.works, who then talks to lemmy.world. Your VPN isn't connecting directly to lemmy.world

[–] TheCoralReefsAreDying69@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use a VPN and have never had issues connecting to lemmy.world despite regularly having issues with YouTube and Reddit. I wonder if its specific VPN networks or blacklisted IPs that lemmy.world doesn't like.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe .world only blocks the big VPNs. World pages also load very slow at least comparing to .ml. When someone links a .world link directly to a post there it takes ages to load.