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This is what Imgur shows to blacklisted IPs. You probably have a VPN on that is blocked.

• croemer 1y ago
  Ugh, why lie to users... Just say the IP is blacklisted. Thanks for the tip btw.
  • hk__2 1y ago
    Because when you know it’s blacklisted you might try with a different IP, whereas if you don’t you will just wait (forever).
    • lucb1e 1y ago
      Imagine we wouldn't tell criminals the law because they might try to find holes... This is just user-hostile and security through obscurity. If someone on HN knows that this is what is shown to banned people then so will the people that scrape or mean harm to imgur
      • dnissley 1y ago
        In a world where we couldn't arrest criminals, only keep track of them in a log book, yeah that's probably exactly what we'd do
      • hk__2 1y ago
        There’s no law here, just someone trying to protect their website.