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That's it, I get an error message whenever I try to post or comment if I'm connected to my VPN, butnot trouble if I just get disconnected. Does not fit the idea of decentralized social media I had, but overall I'm mainly curious as to the reason why it is so.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Because so many bad actors use VPNs for ban evasion or span sources, blocking the VPN endpoints from posting or commenting is a low hanging fruit way of dealing with some spam. This is Lemmy.World stance.

There are many others instances that work over VPNs so in the spirit of decentralization you can use another instance to access lemmy.world content.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It also prevents normal people from using Lemmy at all...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

lemmy.world is NOT "Lemmy"

Hell, during the great reddit migration, if I recall correctly, lemmy.world had to cap sign-ups.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It is a massive portion of Lemmy. And it doesn't just stop people from signing up, it stops people from participating in any way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Does .World think it’s their content?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

They host it, so they can do as they please.

Vote with your feet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

It's hosted in their servers. Dunno about the content licenses, if any.