2024-11-18 12:22 UTC
Replies (12)
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@pavsmith@theblower.au 2024-11-18 12:30
@VisualStuart build a platform. they will come.
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@tanquist@masto.ai 2024-11-18 12:52
@VisualStuart I've seen a couple of these. I wonder if some are AI bots. The questions are so simplistic, and a short response prompts another simplistic question. I tried a friendly but very wordy, rambling response with no useful information and it never contacted me again.
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@RLIBlog@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 13:16
@VisualStuart More like "Mostly forgotten Internet safety" and a opportunity to troll them 😁 . Lying is free and, against such accounts, it is the right thing to do.
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@TaraBitha@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 13:35
@VisualStuart This man kept asking me this.
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@aquarius1842@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 14:01
@VisualStuart Where you from? 😜
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@tshirtman@mas.to 2024-11-18 14:58
@VisualStuart i entertained one a few weeks ago, keeping in mind that it was highly probably a fishing attempt, kept the conversation at harmless chit chat and that died down on its own, still not sure, might have been someone looking for connection, rather than the most common pattern of sharing info or jokes and expecting likes and comments in return.
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@PetterOfCats@mastodon.world 2024-11-18 15:00
@VisualStuart “hey all, trying to come up with a new password for my accounts. I was thinking of something very “uncrackable” that I read in this article on fakewebsite.ru: crowd sourcing password combinations! Please respond with your mother’s maiden name and last four of your social security number, and I’ll select one lucky winner of a brand new PS5” /joke
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@pnpnerd@rollenspiel.social 2024-11-18 15:59
@VisualStuart „find out what Harry Potter character you are. Just answer these questions: First pet, first school you went to, name of your first crush, where did your parents meet?“ 😇😂😁
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@Kumar03@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 16:02
@VisualStuart Thanksfor timely advice / guidance to avoid harassment from spam accounts.
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@Chesi@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 16:53
@VisualStuart just like when people go "hi, ASL?" IN Chat... No...my age, s3x, and location will have 0 influence on this conversation, you're not getting that information
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@tapas@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 17:22
@VisualStuart This kind of obvious engagement bait popped off in the early days of Threads, and I was shocked by how many folks participating who clearly didn't learn their lesson (also from Meta) 10-15 years ago.
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@jackyan@mastodon.social 2024-11-18 18:50
@VisualStuart Had one last year—a person with a young female profile photo started messaging me in DMs after I followed back—which was very uncharacteristic. That already put me on alert. Quite early on, after basic pleasantries, they asked if we could message on some other service. There was no way that was going to happen since they would then get my cellphone number, which very few people have. Easy report at that point, and within a short space of time, they were gone.