Mylot is Banned in China
By Artemeis
@artemeis (4194)
China
March 22, 2016 12:05am CST
Okay, I have done enough to conclude that Mylot is "BANNED" in China!
@myLotBugs
@pgntwo
@JolietJake
@GoAskAlice
Along with all who are concern and have been following on this matter, let me sadly concur that MyLot is inaccessible via our local network. Without the use of VPN or proxies we are unable to sign in and work in MyLot.
There is no point and of no use if we (Mainland Chinese members) are unable to log in to mylot which is the first requirement for us to post articles, comments and responses. I don't know nor have the slightest idea what is happening but I do hope that the technically inclined team here would know and come up with the solution for this.
To you in other parts of the world I hope that you do not have the same problem as us here in Mainland China. Please note that there are some of you who may have China members' contacts, I hope that you will inform them via email or sorts about this.
Have a great day everyone.
Following up on what I had posted earlier, I'd like to clear the air here that MyLot was NEVER BANNED in China except for a glaring bug in mylot's site query as...
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
I am glad that you liked it and I hope that you would be able to come over to China for a holiday one. The Temple of Heaven is one of the 5-star tourist attractions in Beijing which sees millions of visitors each year. It is very historical and well maintained. I am sure you will enjoy yourself here.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
@Bluedoll
Just to let you know there's no accommodation at this tourist attraction but I can assure you that any international chained hotels would be a delightful experience in Beijing.
You may take up your friend's offer and stay with your friend when you are in China which is a bundle of savings here. Besides the Temple of Heaven, you can consider the Confucius Temple, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City for a China experience. You really need a bit of time to travel about so do have a good period of stay when you come to China for a holiday.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
22 Mar 16
@artemeis I have a friend from China that is living here now for several years. She wants me to visit and said I can stay with her and her family on holiday when she returns for a visit. I would like to see a different part of the world and enjoy our time together. The Temple of heaven sounds well delightful to be able to live for the day there. I have to say though Chinese history and belief confuses me but that makes for a joy of learning.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
I like to clear the air here.
I firmly believe that mylot is not being singled out to the effect that it is entirely being banned as a whole.
Please be aware that we (Chinese members from Mainland China) are able to access the site and read whatever is being posted inside, look for certain members inside and so on but we are unable to sign in to actively participate in the activities inside.
@Mike197602
In this sense, VPN is really NOT NEEDED to read and search whatever that is inside mylot. We just need the service to sign in and participate actively here. Hope you have a clearer picture here.
If this is banned then the response would be a 404 error or server is busy response that kinda thing. At this point, it is not so.
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar 16
@artemeis I'm well and truly lost as your title stated mylot is banned in china
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar 16
as far as I know chinese members have had to use vpn's for ages.
I don't entirely understand this as the starter is obviously still here.
If i'm wrong and mylot has now been put on the banned list then a vpn is an easy workaround just as it was for facebook users.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
I'm going to miss my chinese friends, perhaps this is the reason why i have not seen some of them lately
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
Oh, that really pisses me off 
, makes me hate THEM even more 
People here are just writing their peace and earning a decent amount even though it's not much. It's not fair already, I hope you find a way to get through that censorship. I don't think mylot bans any certain countrys, although paypal doesn't transaction in some parts of the world, though. But I'm sure mylot is open for every body. I swear no more political topics with you
unless it's idiots like donald trump
, makes me hate THEM even more People here are just writing their peace and earning a decent amount even though it's not much. It's not fair already, I hope you find a way to get through that censorship. I don't think mylot bans any certain countrys, although paypal doesn't transaction in some parts of the world, though. But I'm sure mylot is open for every body. I swear no more political topics with you unless it's idiots like donald trump2 people like this
@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
@Letranknight2015
I am accessing via VPN and a Proxy program here. It is unlike the usual accessing here since the new site was formed.
@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@artemeis I don't see youless either or any other mylotters from china for some reason. well, good thing your still active.
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@artemeis so this happened when mylot changed it's format? i hope the admin can address this.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
I am quite sure that this is no small glitch and I had mentioned in an earlier post. Somehow, the admin did not manage to follow up and come up with a solution. There will be a solution eventually but it will take time which we could not anticipate and know when that will happen. Hope that it will be soon.
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar 16
@artemeis I don't see a solution coming from mylot as they're just a site.
To get around firewalls set up by a government you need to use vpn's as you're doing.
Mylot won't be in a position to do anything to help.
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@abhaijith (2963)
• India
22 Mar 16
Its really a sad news.
I hope it would be a temporary decision from the Government.
I have seen many great Mylotters, like You, from China.
Hope everything will be ok soon.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
I don't really have any answers here but I don't think mylot is being singled out and banned by our authorities since we are able to access the site to read. The problem would arise when we try to login and participate actively inside here.
It is like some services (paid) being unavailable to certain countries so I cannot tell if this is a big or small problem. If it takes a short time to resolve the issue then that would be regarded as a small problem otherwise it will be fingers crossed time.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
23 Mar 16
@abhaijith
I am looking out for my fellow country members here in Mylot and the fact that they are absent simply tells me that they are unaware and if continues extensively they might have the impression that it is a ban.
@abhaijith (2963)
• India
23 Mar 16
@artemeis
Apart from other paying programs Mylot is really different.
Let's wait and see my friend.
Let's wait and see my friend.1 person likes this
@topffer (42156)
• France
22 Mar 16
Although I would not recommend to use it, there is an alternative address with another domain name to login and sign up here. Try it and tell us if it works :
myLot is an enormous discussion board, blogging community, questions and answers hub, social network and online hangout that pays you for your valuable contributions
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@davidalicea100 (3495)
• Merced, California
22 Mar 16
I'am from the u.s. sometimes i have that problem myself, it could be your proxy settings or if you have a browser cleaner sometimes it erases everything. I had one that would randomly change my ip after every clean, i couldn't even log in and had no internet connection.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
@davidalicea100
I think you have an AdBlocker in your browser which will require you to turn it off when you are accessing mylot. It did help previously when I was here sometime ago.
@davidalicea100 (3495)
• Merced, California
22 Mar 16
@artemeis I had to change my internet settings for some weird reason half the sites were blocked. I could not even logon to my facebook. I had a ip-vp changer it would block random sites. I don't know why.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Mar 16
I won't pretend I understand all this, but can you log in using the VPN and then stay logged in forever. What I mean is I log into myLot and I never log out. So I can close this browser then later open it and I'm still logged in. Even from one day to the next I am always logged in.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
23 Mar 16
@fishtiger58
VPN is Virtual Private Network and you may read about it from the link I have provided below.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "VPN" redirects here. For other uses, see VPN (disambiguation). This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards, as it is predicated on dangerous
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
23 Mar 16
@artemeis Oh ok I am not sure what VPN is
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@YuleimaVzla (1505)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
22 Mar 16
Well, since you started the thread on the worrying situation regarding China and Mylot, hopefully someone Mylot administration takes a decision clarifying the doubts ... It is unfortunate indeed.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Mar 16
@lexiconlover Exactly.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
22 Mar 16
@lexiconlover
@JohnRoberts
I wonder if the both of you are aware that there are tools to beat the censorship like VPN or Proxies as I have stated in the post.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
23 Mar 16
I believe this glitch is unintentional and unexpected as mylot has to host it on another location due to a change of ownership, increase of members and new enhancements. I just stumbled into the solution after being stumped at the new site's unresponsive login. Since then I had been sounding the alarm on this matter.
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@allknowing (137819)
• India
22 Mar 16
Just asking. Then how were you able to get here
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Mar 16
Sorry about that and hope a solution will come by
Here we are ok.no problem accessing the site
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Mar 16
@artemeis We can only hope the solution comes soon
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@Angel_15 (670)
• Manila, Philippines
22 Mar 16
Facebook is not allowed there, so I bet it really is true that MyLot is also not allowed. When I was in China I tried logging in to Facebook in my hotel room but couldn't. I thought there was just a problem maybe with the Internet connection or Facebook itself, but it turned out I couldn't log in because the Chinese government does not allow Facebook in their country. At least that's what the son of my boss told me.
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