I always felt this was the paradox of privacy. Those of us who want privacy but try to contribute in a positive way to a community get caught in the crossfire when the same privacy tools are used by bad faith actors, sometimes individuals, sometimes even nation state influence ops.
Lemmy software doesn’t block VPNs, this is done by individual instances as a way to handle bots / attacks.
Your instance blocks VPN & Tor users: https://lemmy.world/post/11967676
I always felt this was the paradox of privacy. Those of us who want privacy but try to contribute in a positive way to a community get caught in the crossfire when the same privacy tools are used by bad faith actors, sometimes individuals, sometimes even nation state influence ops.
Makes sense but it’s still annoying. Thanks for the heads up
Yeah, lemmy.world kinda sucks and we shouldn’t be giving them as much power.