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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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it seems a bit aggressive

I tried my best to find a fair compromise. Legit users don't flood a dozen requests in a such short period of time.

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I get that. I just have a lot of tabs open and my system crashes more than I like and restoring my sessions could be seen as a flood. I also makes it a little difficult having multiple people using the same IP.

do what you have to, I just didnt find a post about it till now and was wondering if I had a broken route or something. Most ISP'S dont give out a new ip lease after the modem reboots or us disconnected for an hour + anymore.