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Yesterday I opened maybe 6-7 comment threads into separate tabs right after another. I noticed the last two weren't loading, then nothing on the site would load for me.

Thought maybe the site was down, checked later, I still couldn't load anything but if I used my phone's mobile connection it was fine.

So it looks like opening that many tabs all within a couple seconds of another triggered some spam/ddos protection and blocked my IP.

I've verified my ISP isn't blocking, and I can access the site from VPN as well. It's just with the single IP address that the site doesn't load at all.

Today the apparent IP block is still active, so I don't know if there's a longer cooldown period or if the block is permanent.

Any insights on this, my fellow Poalacks?

Yesterday I opened maybe 6-7 comment threads into separate tabs right after another. I noticed the last two weren't loading, then nothing on the site would load for me. Thought maybe the site was down, checked later, I still couldn't load anything but if I used my phone's mobile connection it was fine. So it looks like opening that many tabs all within a couple seconds of another triggered some spam/ddos protection and blocked my IP. I've verified my ISP isn't blocking, and I can access the site from VPN as well. It's just with the single IP address that the site doesn't load at all. Today the apparent IP block is still active, so I don't know if there's a longer cooldown period or if the block is permanent. Any insights on this, my fellow Poalacks?

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Thanks for the reply. I did close the tabs in that original session and never reloaded them. Just tried accessing the homepage every couple hours since yesterday. Figured I caught myself in anti-DDoS protection by middle clicking too many tabs at once.

Will send PM shortly...