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Please stop blocking VPNs for established accounts (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by Zak@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world
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I often use a commercial VPN service, which I suspect is not rare among Lemmy users. Most of the time, I'm able to post to lemmy.world, but on occasion I am not. The default web UI provides zero feedback, just a spinning submit button forever, but if I look in the browser dev tools, I can see it's being blocked.

I understand that some limitations are necessary to prevent spam and other abuse, however this is a very blunt instrument. The fact that I have a 10 month old account with consistent activity should outweigh any IP address reputation issues.

Perhaps the VPN limitations could be narrowed in scope to cover only account creation and posts from young accounts.

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Aren't there alternatives that could be as effective especially when stacked together? dbzer0 requires users to fill out an application with the following

  • Please include the following words “I agree to follow the golden rules” in your application.
  • Tell us the name of your favorite anarchist, pirate, or open source advocate.
  • Mention one public event or news story that happened in the last month.

and have a verified email address before it's processed.

I think the instance owner has also been developing something to prevent CSAM attacks.

I get Lemmy.world is massive and verifying accounts might be a struggle but I feel like the initial hurdle for new users might be worth it. Even if they are forced to wait a bit.

[-] Rooki@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

We get a little bit more registrations in an hour than db0 has in a day, thats the reason why we dont do manual registrations.

Yes he does, and we are using it already, but its just his one is for after incident cleanup ( ALREADY BAD ) and the vpn is to stop/reduce that even happen.

But thanks for your suggestions, we sadly cant apply them fully.

this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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