Just curious if this is the app. Using android and mullvad app. When the VPN is on I can’t post. It just gives an error something like “problem posting, try again”. Disabling VPN I can post fine.

Wondering if anyone else had this problem, or it’s by design, or a general lemmy thing and not the app?

  • elliot_crane
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    8 months ago

    If you’re posting on .world, I believe it’s the server. Lots of sites ban blocks of IPs associated with VPNs due to bad actors using them. You can sometimes avoid this by changing VPN servers.

    • Yawweee877h444OP
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      8 months ago

      Yeah that makes sense. I’ll experiment with other servers.

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        8 months ago

        Completely anecdotal, but I generally find more success with servers outside of North America. Definitely helps with reddit and imgur.

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    8 months ago

    Yeah I’ve been dealing with this issue since I came over from the other place last year. It’s incredibly annoying, and a number of times has made me rage-delete comments I’m trying to post. It happens to me every day, but I can usually find a server that works for a while by randomly switching a few times.

    I use ProtonVPN.

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      8 months ago

      Same problem with Proton VPN, if I switch countries I can post again without issues.

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        29 days ago

        Will have to try this. Been getting the same issues but didn’t think to check VPN.

        Edit: Looks like that did it. Thanks for the tip!