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Cant post when VPN is on. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Well that's super annoying and explains a lot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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