Hi all,

I have VPN turned on on my phone all the time.

To be able to post anything, including to comment, I need to turn off the VPN. To be honest, I’m quite conflicted by this.

Any reason why this is or what to do about it besides turning off the VPN?

I’m using Voyager as a client.

Edit: it seems like the instance is the issue. Moving here from Reddit it’s not as simple as j would have thought. Also, VPNs are essential, no VPN is no go for me.

Case closed.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    I had this problem because the app does a sanity check between your phone clock and your “location”. I changed the clock to match my VPN locale and then worked backward from there.

    If you can set the VPN to a place in the same time zone but far outside your actual locale that may work.

    I don’t know for certain that this will help but it’s worth a shot.

  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 hours ago

    lemmy.world blocks VPNs. If you have anti-censorship features you can use them to post.

    Using VPN right now and posting.

    • Bloefz@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 hours ago

      What’s that anti-censorship feature? Is it like a flag you can get on your account or something?

  • 00xide@lemmy.ml
    9·
    11 hours ago

    I assume some instances have coordinated-attack prevention software that disables traffic from past offender IPs, and VPNs are a common way to centralize and anonymize data. Whether malicious in intent or not, a strike against your VPN server might cause a blockage.

  • PerfectDark@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 hours ago

    I just use a VPN server from my own country, which is annoying.

    Then switch back to elsewhere when I’m not here.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
      1·
      6 hours ago

      But what for? ISP tracking? If it’s because of a built-in adblocker, there are apps that do this locally via a local-only vpn.

    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      So this is why all my posts never showed!

      Just kidding, I just almost never post, but I do use a VPN almost all the time.

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    23·
    16 hours ago

    Lemmy.world, which you log into and is the one that receives your VPN connection, uses Cloudflare in front of their server. So it’s actually Cloudflare that receives your VPN connection. It’s probably giving you that captcha screen which your app can’t display (or being denied entirely). I’m on VPN too and when a link makes me open a .world post it gives me the Cloudflare captcha every time.

    Not guaranteed to be this reason but my money’s on it. Try logging into lemmy.world from your browser on the VPN, will help you troubleshoot if it gives nonstandard pages when trying to post or especially when logging in.

  • Brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    33·
    17 hours ago

    That’s not all of Lemmy, just your specific Lemmy instance with those restrictions (lemmy.world).

    Talk to lemmy.world admins or sign up to a different Lemmy instance that allows VPN usage.

  • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    13 hours ago

    I had the same problem when I was on lemmy.world. now I’m on this other instance dbzero and it’s mostly smooth except for sometimes things glitch so I turn off my VPN to troubleshoot and then it works for a while, especially some thumbnail pictures won’t load in the post with my VPN on, but lately I’ve been too lazy to toggle my VPN off, I usually just give up on posts when the photo won’t load.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I’ve had the same experience.

      The problem is always with posts done on a specific instance, so it’s probably still instance related, maybe the pictures on posts in that instance not being passed around as pictures but rather as a link back to that instance and it’s the instance that is blocking some VPN exit points (which is why sometimes if you reconnect the VPN it fixes - reconnecting usually changes the exit point and only some exit points are blocked).

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    16·
    15 hours ago

    LW makes an effort to block posting from public VPNs because it also has open registration, and there’s not really much else that can be done to prevent a particularly belligerent spammer/troll from just repeatedly registering accounts. This was put in place after a particularly bad spate of it.

    I’m not especially pleased about it, but I understand why it’s happened

  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    17 hours ago

    It’s definitely your instance, most probably VPNs are not allowed on it. If you do want to use a VPN on Voyager, try changing the country/server, (or exit point as someone else suggested) you should manage to find one that works. - switch quickly then post, works for me.

    Edit: yep had to do it to post this message.