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Tested, and ... no? I tried two different VPNs, currently on NordVPN ... no issue accessing Reddit. And I get that it's cool to bash Reddit on HN, but the sen

Tested, and ... no? I tried two different VPNs, currently on NordVPN ... no issue accessing Reddit. And I get that it's cool to bash Reddit on HN, but the sense that "I don't visit sites like that ... I exclusively visit HN" is really weird. For what it's worth I have an 18 Year Club account on Reddit and I'm still active.

tyingq 3y ago
It's not a perfect "block every VPN ip setup". See this for the screen you get when it's blocking: https://imgur.com/a/3cDv851 https://imgur.com/a/3cDv851 Perhaps when they detect abuse (screen scraping folks trying to avoid the API costs) from these shared IPs?
- iLoveOncall 3y ago
  So you can bypass it by creating an account? Absolute non-issue once again.
  - tyingq 3y ago
    Maybe? Reddit isn't renowned for accuracy.
- joveian 3y ago
  It is not just shared IPs, I have a personal VPN/proxy that only I use (although in an IP range that likely includes shared VPNs) and it is blocked. It could be that they are blocking all "non-residential" IP addresses and the VPNs that work are using botnets (or some other way they get "residential" IP addresses) to route traffic. My memory isn't that great and I rarely look at reddit (just the occasional search results) but I think there might have been a similar block on old for a bit earlier (closer to when the block on the main domain started).
thih9 3y ago
This happened for me when I wasn’t logged it, this is a likely factor. Were you logged in when testing this?
- friend_and_foe 3y ago
  Not who you're replying to, but it happens to me logged in.
lupusreal 3y ago
Just because you can't presently reproduce something doesn't mean that others are imagining it or making it up / "bashing". Remember that, besides VPN blocking being an imperfect and fickle thing, these companies like to A/B test on the unwitting public so different people can inexplicably get different experiences. When you can't reproduce something other people claim to be experiencing, resist the urge to call them a liar and spend a moment to consider other possibilities.

tyingq 3y ago

It's not a perfect "block every VPN ip setup". See this for the screen you get when it's blocking: https://imgur.com/a/3cDv851 https://imgur.com/a/3cDv851 Perhaps when they detect abuse (screen scraping folks trying to avoid the API costs) from these shared IPs?

iLoveOncall 3y ago
So you can bypass it by creating an account? Absolute non-issue once again.
- tyingq 3y ago
  Maybe? Reddit isn't renowned for accuracy.
joveian 3y ago
It is not just shared IPs, I have a personal VPN/proxy that only I use (although in an IP range that likely includes shared VPNs) and it is blocked. It could be that they are blocking all "non-residential" IP addresses and the VPNs that work are using botnets (or some other way they get "residential" IP addresses) to route traffic. My memory isn't that great and I rarely look at reddit (just the occasional search results) but I think there might have been a similar block on old for a bit earlier (closer to when the block on the main domain started).

thih9 3y ago

This happened for me when I wasn’t logged it, this is a likely factor. Were you logged in when testing this?

friend_and_foe 3y ago
Not who you're replying to, but it happens to me logged in.

lupusreal 3y ago

Just because you can't presently reproduce something doesn't mean that others are imagining it or making it up / "bashing". Remember that, besides VPN blocking being an imperfect and fickle thing, these companies like to A/B test on the unwitting public so different people can inexplicably get different experiences. When you can't reproduce something other people claim to be experiencing, resist the urge to call them a liar and spend a moment to consider other possibilities.