Hmm, Mastodon must be critical mass, had to block an aggressively annoying person who doesn't follow me.
@ai6yr This is not a new thing on Mastodon. Block the user. If the user tries to get around the block and the admin of their instance doesn't do anything about it then block the whole instance.
This has worked well in the past because trolls tend to congregate on instances that are poorly policed. By blocking the instance, chances are you've blocked a whole trove of trolls that you haven't run into yet.
@ai6yr Yeah, trolls are unavoidable no matter where you go. You'll find people with personality problems in every setting including ham radio.
On other platforms you have "block and report", and then you hope the admin or a moderator in India does something about it. On Mastodon you have to learn to keep your cool and do what needs to be done yourself.
@shuttersparks Thanks. Yeah, I think I've gotten most of the instances which are populated entirely by trolls. This is off one of the bigger instances, just rude. (as in, not posting to discuss something but to trade personal insults).