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Just realized my VPN was the reason I couldn't post on Reddit for 3 days
I kept getting error messages whenever I tried to comment in certain subs. Thought I was shadowbanned or something. Messed around with browser settings, cleared cache, even reset my router. After 72 hours of frustration I finally checked my VPN connection and switched servers. Boom, everything worked immediately. Has anyone else had a VPN cause weird censorship-like issues on platforms?
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lee7338d ago
Oh man, this happened to me on Twitter like four months ago when I thought everyone just hated my hot takes. I spent three hours troubleshooting and even messaged support before I realized my VPN was set to Russia or something. Felt real stupid when I switched to a US server and suddenly my tweets actually posted.
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thompson.robin8d ago
Nah, the VPN theory is just a convenient excuse. Four months ago Twitter had a known glitch where posts would randomly fail to send for certain accounts regardless of location settings. There were hundreds of reports on their status page about it. Sounds like the VPN being set to Russia was a coincidence, not the root cause. Hitting up support was actually the smart move, the real fix was probably whatever backend change they made later that week. People love blaming their own tech setups instead of admitting the platform was just broken.
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