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The VPN ban is now in effect on /ot/, see this update post for more information

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No. 91747

See the last thread for outcome of the first poll and for a description of how voting works.

60% of users have voted for some kind of persistent VPN ban and the purpose of this runoff poll is to determine how that should be implemented. We have limited the voting options to the 3 that had the most votes from those in favour of a persistent ban.

If a VPN ban is put in place we will:
- Create exceptions for sensitive/legally risky threads (e.g. ex-muslim thread, TERF/anti-trans threads)
- Create a way for users in countries that block lolcow.farm (e.g. Russia, China) to bypass the ban
- Monitor the health of the site and consider removing the ban if it is detrimental to it

Threads on boards that are not subject to a VPN ban may have a thread-specific ban implemented if they have a problem with ban evaders or being raided by scrotes.

The poll will automatically close in one week on the 26th of March and the option with the most votes will be implemented ASAP.

How should VPN banning work?

This poll is closed.

  • Banned on all boards: 91 votes (35.3%)
  • Banned on /ot/, /g/ and /m/: 65 votes (25.2%)
  • Banned only on /ot/: 102 votes (39.5%)

Total votes: 258

No. 91948

"Banned only on /ot/" is the winning poll option, and that is how we intend to implement the VPN ban. We are aware that once again 60% of users voted for a wider ban, but any further runoff polls would be ridiculous, especially as 200 fewer users voted in this one.

If the rulebreaking users on /ot/ just shit up other boards then we will consider expanding the ban, but hopefully that is not the case.

We will create a follow up post in a few days when the ban goes live with more details on how it will work and how users who need a VPN to access the site can contact us to get a workaround.



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