I have weirdo trying to say I made a bomb threat to flag the auto-mod system. Besides blocking him, what do you think is the best way to avoid stalking? I’d prefer to stay on the platform and not let gross dudes like that win by silencing me. I’m pretty sure it’s just a random teenager from Australia. I mostly talk about animals and welfare on my account.
Edit: my account history is my evidence.
You can make a new account (possibly on a different instance) and make sure it doesn’t have any connections to your current account
Yeah, I think this is the best advice. Already reported and blocked.
Feels like giving the stalker what they want. Why does OP have to erase their identity here just because of some asshole?
I didn’t say they have to do it; I’m just sharing what I would do.
I consider my Lemmy identity basically disposable so it wouldn’t be a very drastic move for me. It’s not like we have followers or karma or anything on here aside from a comment history.
What’s your idea?
Sure. I didnt mean ‘have to’ as in you forcing OP, more like in a general sense, ‘why do people using despicable methods get what they want’.
+1 for “contact admins.”
This isn’t Reddit, they are human beings you can reach.
Don’t let the stalker “win” by switching accounts. If you do that, just do it temporarily; they’ll get bored after a while. Then come back to this account.
Make another account if necessary. Sometimes these people just don’t quit
Make a new account. Easy.
I didn’t k ow we had reach enough people to not notice this kind of thing on Lemmy.
I’d probably just ignore him and move on. If he keeps bugging you, maybe try asking admins of your instance for help?
Join Reddit
No
I have weirdo trying to say I made a bomb threat to flag the auto-mod system
Link or it didn’t happen.
what do you think is the best way to avoid stalking?
Report them.
Why does this person need to prove they’re being harassed? Especially when they’re not even calling out the specific user.
They don’t have to prove it, and I don’t have to believe it without evidence.
Why does your belief matter here?
Because crybullying & swatting are a thing, so as a lemmy.ml admin, I’m not going to take moderation actions based on unsubstantiated claims.
As an admin, you should probably work on understanding the difference between someone asking the community for advice and someone reaching out to you directly as an admin.
Nobody asked for you to do that, they asked for your advice, which you provided.
