2019-03-05, 09:12
If you must use a VPN to access the site for whatever reason and you hit that issue, then you need to either switch off the VPN or select a different exit server so you get a new IP address.
As @Karellen said, we don't block or ban accounts here without good reason, but if the IP address is a known source of spam then it can be blocked. So if that IP address happens to be one that is a VPN outlet which someone in the past has used to spam us, then unfortunately you're going to inherit their ban whilst you're also using that IP address.
By all means if you hit something like this then report it here and we'll consider it, but our actions in guarding against this place being spammed (which does happen) will mean that offending IP addresses will continue to be blocked, whether they are fixed private ones or public VPN ones. And unless proof can be supplied that the thread of spam from that IP address is no longer there, the block will stay in place for the safety of our site and the convenience of our general user population.
As @Karellen said, we don't block or ban accounts here without good reason, but if the IP address is a known source of spam then it can be blocked. So if that IP address happens to be one that is a VPN outlet which someone in the past has used to spam us, then unfortunately you're going to inherit their ban whilst you're also using that IP address.
By all means if you hit something like this then report it here and we'll consider it, but our actions in guarding against this place being spammed (which does happen) will mean that offending IP addresses will continue to be blocked, whether they are fixed private ones or public VPN ones. And unless proof can be supplied that the thread of spam from that IP address is no longer there, the block will stay in place for the safety of our site and the convenience of our general user population.
