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.

  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 个月前

    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.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    Could be where your VPN is hosted. If your traffic appears to be coming from (for instance) an AWS data center, it might appear to be coming from a known spam source (since there are some spammers which have used AWS). The instance you’re on might just be using an overzealous spam block IP list.

    • patruelis@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 个月前

      Thanks but no thanks and fu. I’m moving here from Reddit and one of the first comments if inflammatory. Ffs

      Be useful next time.

      • Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        5 个月前

        They succinctly told you the reasons it could be happening and offered you a solution. What do you want them to do, tickle your balls and tell you you’re pretty? The fuck kind of response is that, go back to Reddit lol

        • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          5 个月前

          What do you want them to do, tickle your balls and tell you you’re pretty?

          what instance is this available on, seems a great way to expand Lemmy use!

  • lazylemons@lemmy.today
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    5 个月前

    As others have said it is based on instance. I get why some have instances have the restriction though.

    • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 个月前

      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.

  • Brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 个月前

    That’s not all of Lemmy, just your specific Lemmy instance with those restrictions (lemmy.world).

    Talk to lemmy.world admins or sign up to a different Lemmy instance that allows VPN usage.

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 个月前

    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 every time 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.

  • wolfiedafloof@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    I have the same issue and same software. However, Lemmy hosting webservers need to have some ‘malicious activity protections’ and if too much malicious activity occur from the same origin of IP where you are exiting from, you won’t be able to post a comment.

    I use Mullvad. All I have to do is to reconnect to a different exitpoint (can still be within the same country). And then attempt to post again. Might take a couple of tries, but it will work :)

    If you don’t want to reconnect, read up if you can configure your VPN to use the SOCKS5 protocol. Easier to not get blocked or “are you a bot?” Captchas and so on.

  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    lemmy.world blocks VPNs. If you have anti-censorship features you can use them to post.

    Using VPN right now and posting.

    • Bloefz@lemmy.world
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      5 个月前

      What’s that anti-censorship feature? Is it like a flag you can get on your account or something?

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    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

  • 1984@lemmy.today
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    5 个月前

    Well Lemmy is federated so you can pick another instance. :)

    Lemmy.today doesn’t block vpns, I use them sometimes.