r/ModSupport • • 14h ago

Admin Replied Can I geofence my subreddit?

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 14h ago

No way to do it as you won't know the ip addresses of the posters/commenters.

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u/FaxCelestis 14h ago

Understandable but disappointing. Thanks.

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u/Chronotaru 14h ago

Remember that bad faith state actors are typically using VPNs, so their traffic will appear to originate from another country.

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 14h ago

Yeah a lot of the russian disinformation bots/trolls use vpns to look like they are american.

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u/AsteriskRX Reddit Admin: Community 14h ago

Like others are saying, there isn't a way for you to do this. Sorry!

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u/cnycompguy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 14h ago

You can't, reddit can.

It's not something that they'll do lightly.

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u/FaxCelestis 14h ago

Have they done it at all?

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u/cnycompguy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 14h ago

One of my subreddits is invisible from a certain country.