Why am I getting follow requests when my account isn’t locked? I thought that leaving that Mastodon setting in the “unlocked” position meant nobody needs to ask in order to follow me.
@pnh If they're requests from qoto.com (or .net or .org, I forget which) I was going to ask why that instance was blocked/set to "always check follow requests" until I got a follow request from "Vox Dei".
ALL follow request from that instance now get an automatic "nope' from me. It seems to be a puppy hang-out, which would explain why the admins on wandering.shop want you to actually confirm you want to individually accept follows from its denizens.
@cstross @pnh Wait -- does Stross think @VoxDei is the "Christian nationalist" Theodore Robert Beale?!
I don't know this person, but it's apparent from his feed that he's not:
On a related note, a minute browsing the @QOTO feed will make it clear that it's not a "puppy hang-out":
(FWIW, I'm not a qoto die-hard. I just landed here when I came to Mastodon pre-Elongate because it's a STEM instance. What Stross is saying doesn't reflect what I've seen here.)
@peterdrake @cstross @pnh @QOTO Er... whut? I've never heard of the guy. (Beale. I love Charlie Stross' stuff). My handle was chosen way back when the game Black & White came out and I wanted a god-related nickname. I liked it, I kept it.
I'd been wondering why I hadn't seen anything from Stross on Mastodon. Has he blocked me? I was assuming Wandering Shop blocked QOTO. Lemme out of jail Charlie, I'm a good atheist liberal I promise and I like hearing what you've got to say!
@VoxDei @cstross @pnh @QOTO I believe wandering.shop has blocked qoto. Stross seems to have seen your handle and assumed (a) you are Beale and (b) qoto is a nest of "sad puppy" supporters. He's tooting to this effect.