Seems contrary to the whole lemmyverse/fediverse model, doesn’t it?

Okay, I get it. Incidentally, strict initial approvals on smaller instances don’t seem annoying at all now, after reading these comments.

Thanks everyone!

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    Lemmy.world got hit with tons of spam early in its life. Someone was uploading CSAM and other disgusting images. The opted for the VPN block to mitigate it, which is kind of annoying for legitimate users.

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      Oh well that would explain the ‘instability’ I kept experiencing on voyager with a vpn on. That error didn’t pass through so I just assumed the instance was struggling and swapped to be with the Finns.