This app gets suggested as reddit/discord alternative that's privacy-conscious but like wtf it says I've been blocked ever since I got it. It's probably because I'm in a conservative 3rd world country but wtf?

Can't use VPNs to bypass it either. Anyone who's used it, is there a workaround, or do I just have to ditch the app?

CounterSocial blocks entire IP ranges and most VPN/datacenter networks as part of its anti-abuse policy. It’s not really decentralised, so if you’re blocked at the network level there’s usually no workaround unless they manually allow you.

Lemmy (or Fediverse) is not private at all.

Its main appeal (at least for me) is the non-profit motive and censorship resistance, and that you can also browse it anonymously.

If you are getting IP blocked by your instance (server you are connected to), just choose another one.

What do you mean by private

Try Fluxer instead.

That's not true at all. Everything you actively send the server is not private but it's also not unnecessarily collecting all sorts of personal information or tracking you around the web.

Issue is with Countersocial, not Lemmy. Lemmy works fine

That's what I meant by the non-profit motive. Reddit and Discord sell those data for more profit.

Sorry. I (and probably others here as well) have never of it before. I thought it was a Lemmy client or server, due to the community you posted in.