Lmao you can't even visit Reddit anymore if you use a VPN (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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See this is what I mean, they have to be making their site unbearable on purpose at this point

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[-] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

lol I got banned for lightly harassing a nerd with an Israeli flag profile pic posting on r/cats

Ain’t been back since anyway, I’m doing my part!

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

kim-salute

[-] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

The day they went public they also blocked old.reddit.com for VPN users, previously it was accessible that way

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

old.reddit.com for VPN users

I use a old and a VPN and I've never been blocked if I'm signed in.

[-] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

I just tested it with PIA (not an endorsement, I bought five years back when it was good and didn’t know about mulvad) and it worked. They might just be blocking specific ones or something.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you are signed in you can access reddit via a VPN. If you're signed out you get that smug snew image. Its not just reddit either: Instagram, twitter, Facebook, all fuck with you if you arrive via a VPN IP Address. Insta will say there is an error. Twitter redirects you to login. Facebook will just ban your account. Reddit I think will also ban your account if you're even remotely "bad".

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Did you try a VPN node from a different country? Might just be where you're at.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Mullvlad VPN. Doesn't matter where the node is at

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

On Mullvad, I've found that servers beginning with a certain number are usually not blocked. Not saying the exact number so that it stays semi-secret, if it is even a secret.

Basically, a whole set of x** seems to be unblocked, where x is a number. So the 100s, 200s, 300s, 400s, or 500s. Try it out! Or DM me and I'll just say the range.

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

WOAH THERE PARDNER

[-] Slavoj_Zuckerberg@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

You gotta make your own VPN by installing a ras-pi in the drop ceiling of a bathroom somewhere with free Wi-Fi, alligator clips on the lights for power.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

And on that day, nothing was lost.

[-] EcoMaowist@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I'm on Mullvad and this happens with every country available except for the UK servers. I usually just use Libredirect though because redlib still works with VPN.