This app gets suggested as reddit/discord alternative that’s privacy-conscious but like wtf it says I’ve been blocked ever since I got it. It’s probably because I’m in a conservative 3rd world country but wtf?
Can’t use VPNs to bypass it either. Anyone who’s used it, is there a workaround, or do I just have to ditch the app?
Lemmy (or Fediverse) is not private at all.
Its main appeal (at least for me) is the non-profit motive and censorship resistance, and that you can also browse it anonymously.
If you are getting IP blocked by your instance (server you are connected to), just choose another one.
Issue is with Countersocial, not Lemmy. Lemmy works fine
That’s not true at all. Everything you actively send the server is not private but it’s also not unnecessarily collecting all sorts of personal information or tracking you around the web.
What do you mean by private
Try Fluxer instead.
CounterSocial blocks entire IP ranges and most VPN/datacenter networks as part of its anti-abuse policy. It’s not really decentralised, so if you’re blocked at the network level there’s usually no workaround unless they manually allow you.
