Hello, Fairphone forum admins and moderators. I’m living in Japan, and registered my account at Fairphone forum before and used to read discussions and subscribe threads that I was interested in. The other day, however, I found I couldn’t access Fairphone forum anymore, saying “This community is n…

Here’s an explanation. [image] Scheduled Forum Maintenance - Friday September 22 The Forum Yes, we are deliberately blocking access from certain countries because 99% of forum sign-ups from those countries are spam accounts. As the forum is not an official Fairphone commu…

I would add that this decision seems not to be made by forum voluntary moderators but by Fairphone side admins, contrary to what has been suggested.

[image] Meaghan: this decision seems not to be made by forum voluntary moderators but by Fairphone side admins Let’s just clear this up, so we would know for sure: @anon7628215 (as you’ve noticed the previous post): Were the community moderators involved in this decision?

The community moderators were not involved in this decision.

Thanks, so support instead of pointing here could answer something like … "We are glad about your interest in us and our community, so we are really sorry to inform you that we are deliberately blocking access to the community forum from certain countries because 99% of forum sign-ups from those co…

@ynakao Welcome to the forum anyway!

Thank you all for information and kind words! It’s sad some countries are on the disallow-list, but it’s also understandable considering the situation. I hope these restrictions will be gotten rid of someday.

Thank you very much for this draft, @AnotherElk . I forwarded your suggestion to customer support and they will implement this or something similar. :slight_smile:

I use this on my forum, works pretty well: [image] Akismet Anti-Spam Fight spam with Akismet, an algorithm used by millions of sites to combat spam automatically.

Eight/nine months ago the was a discussion about access to the FP community forum from Japan: [image] Why does Fairphone forum restrict access from Japan? The Forum Hello, Fairphone forum admins and moderators. I’m living in Japan, and registered my account at Fairphone …

I’m currently researching buying a Fairphone and live in Japan. It’s unfortunate that you block read access to your forum from Japan. I can understand the desire to restrict posting and signups, however it would be nice if we could read posts…

Why does Fairphone forum restrict access from Japan?

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Dryhte January 25, 2024, 5:50am 2

Here’s an explanation.