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seems my 'vpn' was disabled due to spam, but i'm not on a vpn. (i wasn't spamming either). what can i do? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by notafreakacarnivalwerewolf@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world
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Hi all, I was using "image generator professional" and it stopped working... when i tried to submit a comment i got the message 'VPN banned due to spam disable ur VPN' but I'm not on a VPN and I wasn't spamming. What can I do? Is there a way to remedy this?

(Thanks for your help)

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[โ€“] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm going to make a lot of assumptions here:

  • that image generator thing posts directly to lemmy (otherwise why would it be relevant to mention?)
  • that image generator thing posts from whatever IP address (and thus country) it's running in, most likely a different one than yours)
  • you added a comment soon after posting the image, from your own app/browser, and thus your IP address

Lemmy (or specifically .world?) saw this as you posting twice in rapid succession from two different locations, which it associates with vpn spambots, and voila?

[โ€“] MrKaplan@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

posting twice in rapid succession from two different locations, which it associates with vpn spambots

this is not a native Lemmy feature nor have we implemented anything like that on our own currently.