jaz  Dec 20, 2022

Over the past week we've seen a noticeable uptick in men joining, following dozens of accounts with female avatars, and then messaging them directly.

Some appear to be real people, some are fake accounts with stolen identities.

Either way, this is stalking and harassing behaviour, and we have zero tolerance for it.

For those affected by accounts we fail to catch, please report them. We _will_ take action, and you'll help keep the community safe and welcoming for all.

Diolch.

#MastoMods

Show threadMathias

@jaz The profile photo and date joined and number of males being followed was usually a good tell on the old site.

A remove this follower option is nice to have.

Dec 20, 2022 at 11:09pmMammoth
Show threadNic DafisDec 21, 2022
@Uhnnohn Oh, can you do that without "soft-blocking"?
Show threadNic DafisDec 21, 2022
@Uhnnohn Doesn't seem to be an option, unless it's a server-specific thing.
Show threadMathiasDec 21, 2022
@nic On the old bird, yes. When looking at their profile that is one of the options.
Show threadNic DafisDec 21, 2022
@Uhnnohn Ah right, I didn't know they'd brought that in, but it's too late now, I've deleted my account over there!