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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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.

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

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

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Well that’s super annoying and explains a lot.

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

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