There's a stupid thing going on with the self-appointed Mastodon Police where they're scolding newly arrived artists and writers for promoting their own work.
That's really, well, unfortunate.
@mattblaze On My first day on Mastodon, some dude scolded me for disagreeing with someone about whether Federal Government employees should be allowed on Mastodon (I think they should be). He said I was too new and shouldn't tell anyone I disagree with them. Then he reported me.
I think this is a newly emerging type of troll that has learned to live within Mastodon, under the radar of moderators, while being extremely annoying. I'm seeing a growing number of complaints about this type of activity. It's all probably the same few people.
I hope people know enough to just ignore them
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These type of trolls can be pretty nasty and sometimes they work togtether en masse to silence anyone that looks at them the wrong way.. its a growing problem and effects blocks at the instance level as well by the admins.
Check out https://UFoI.org which is a project trying to address this sort of false reporting and toxicity.
