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So. They blocked my static, residential IP address. And before you say "did you check that you're not using a VPN?" Yes. Of course I did!The question is: Why?The answer: Who knows?I only learned this had happened a few days ago because I visited their website via a Kagi search result. Then I was greeted with this screen.Well, that's unfortunate. I use StackExchange every single day when I'm coding. I hadn't visited in a few days because I'd been doing some video editing work for a client.Anyway, I composed an email to the address listed.Hi,I was just informed that my IP address (<ip>) was blocked from StackExchange. It is my own static residential IP that I've been using for over five years. Please undo this block and explain why it was blocked in the first place.I got no response but I checked the website the next day. It (partially) loaded. Though critical things like CSS files and some images were still throwing 403 Forbidden Status Codes.The StackExchange homepage I tried…

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