@Gargron
Perhaps you are correct, however, men should be more careful with women's safety.
Please talk with women who work with SA survivors and you will understand why what I am saying is true.

@HarriettMB

@SnowyCA @Gargron @HarriettMB From what seems to be going on if it's just doing a preview card as someone suggested, it will eventually regenerate a new image probably.

If this was as simple as solely being caused by an @ mention, then what's the alternative? Don't talk to the person you're talking to when you're talking to them? But just a name may be enough to search anyway.

It's important to remember that your Fedi profile is publicly viewable. No account needed. The Fediverse isn't really optimized for locking things down. If there is a risk of doxxing, you definitely shouldn't use a real image of yourself and ideally should be careful what you say. Treat the Fedi as you would the open Internet.

@Em0nM4stodon has some wonderful privacy guides regarding this stuff.

@nazokiyoubinbou

Your reply is dismissive of the fact we are responsible for each others safety, and it is too close to the all too often used, "If you had been wearing less revealing clothing you would not have been raped".

@Gargron @HarriettMB @Em0nM4stodon

@SnowyCA @Gargron @HarriettMB @Em0nM4stodon I'm not trying to be dismissive. The fact is, if you post an image you don't want seen publicly, it will be public. Nothing can change that. I'm not blaming bad actions on such a thing. Doxxers can take what they do and stick it to themselves. It's not the victim's fault what hostile actors do, but that doesn't mean victims shouldn't protect themselves either.

I think also there may have been some misunderstanding here. The assumption presumably was that by putting it on a Fediverse profile, only Fediverse users would see it. However, as it's a publicly viewable profile, it's viewable to all crawlers -- including the automatic crawlers. Thus if you don't want it shown by such crawlers the only fix is for it not to be visible to them.