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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    10 days ago

    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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    10 days ago

    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.

  • PerfectDark@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I just use a VPN server from my own country, which is annoying.

    Then switch back to elsewhere when I’m not here.

    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
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      9 days ago

      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.

    • patruelis@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      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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        10 days ago

        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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          9 days ago

          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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    10 days ago

    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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      9 days ago

      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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    10 days ago

    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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    9 days ago

    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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    8 days ago

    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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    9 days ago

    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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      9 days ago

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