So, the petty shit @xrobau has decided to go through all my posts (probably reading private messages, too), and start limiting my account based on me telling people to fuck off when they reply-guy me.

This guy is an utter dirtbag of an admin, and I'd suggest #Fediblocking mastodon.au as soon as possible

@sortius

This makes me sad. I kinda knew Rob way back, when people with non geek interests from usenet met up in meatspace (which did inevitably end up nerd-fests).

Although I doubt I've seen him in person in probably 20 years, I'd always thought of him as "a good bloke" and "sort of a friend". Someone I;'d probably look up and arrange to grab a beer with if we were to cross paths.

But that last response to you was way over the top, even in a "feeling stressed and unappreciated mastodon instance admin" context.

And I can't seem to see that response any more, and the suspicion that's because he's deleted it makes me even sadder.

@bigiain @sortius I did delete it, as I was ashamed of it. I was on the turps last night, and just responded in kind to his abuse. I 100% I shouldn't have said it, and I was coming back here to apologise. However, he's decided to gleefully burn bridges, so I guess I don't need to apologise any more 8)

@bigiain @sortius Even worse, he's claiming I didn't do something about something he reported - The last report he made against a m.au user was in Feb 2023, saying that this post was violating server rules, but not specifying which rule was being broken.

I honestly have no idea what he thinks is going on, but I'm 100% certain he's confused.

Also, yes, I think of you as a mate, even though I haven't seen you in ages!