Ask HN: Did news.Y Combinator.com start blocking VPNs more aggressively?

1 the-anarchist 2 5/16/2025, 2:41:12 PM

For the past few days, I've consistently encountered a blank page with a "Sorry" message when accessing Hacker News through most exit nodes of my (reputable) VPN provider.

Has there been a recent change in how HN handles VPN traffic, or have I simply been fortunate until now to not encounter this issue?

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pvg · 7h ago

You should mail such questions to hn@ycombinator.com

incomingpain · 7h ago

The quality of HN has really improved over the past few days to be sure.

Were vpn users causing troubles requiring more filtering?

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Ask HN: Did news.Y Combinator.com start blocking VPNs more aggressively?

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