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Here’s the email I sent them:

Greetings,

I have been informed by your charming and informative page that my IP address, 208.67.[redacted] has been banned. I live in an apartment complex with a complex provided network for internet. It is due to these unfortunate circumstances that I share an IP address with an individual which has behaved in a way deemed worthy of IP ban.

Please consider unbanning this IP address as it is shared by a minimum of 192 tenants.

Thanks for your time,

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bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, banning by IP from such a big website is pretty silly on the site admin’s part. Tons and tons of places share 1 to a small handful of IPs (e.g. apartment complexes, school dorms, etc).

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- nogooduser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Also, most people don’t even have a static ip address so they might have banned a different location altogether and the banned ip address moved.
  
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- JASN_DE@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And it’s still not worth the money and a lot easier to simply temp-ban via IP.
  
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  - Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    this is how I manage blocks. Temporary bans unless it’s a repeat offender.
    
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- Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Reddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
  
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- neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web
  
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