Brutkey

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
@markwyner@mas.to

@azure@cathode.church

What Azure said. A lot of times folks arrive and begin following before fleshing out a profile or posting. Sometimes folks use Mastodon simply to consume.

Often someone will follow me like that. I never follow empty profiles or without posts, especially when they’re new. But I’ll go back and look later and see things fleshing out.

However…sometimes they’re just spammers. So I’d say be cautious without going nuclear. Helpful?

@crazyjaneway@open-ground.org thank you for the assist! 🫶🏻

Frances Perkins was right
@crazyjaneway@open-ground.org

@markwyner@mas.to @azure@cathode.church thank you both! I came here to be feel safe so thank you for talking me down!

Chris Hayes
@chris@nutmeg.social

@crazyjaneway@open-ground.org @markwyner@mas.to @azure@cathode.church
I'd also add due to how the fediverse works, you may see blank profiles because your server has not downloaded their profile yet.

If you click the profile options -> "Open original page", you're taken to their home server, which may show more posts.

I see this a lot on my small server. Usually it's just in relation to profiles missing posts, and not the whole profile being blank.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services has a page about it: https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@chris@nutmeg.social @crazyjaneway@open-ground.org @markwyner@mas.to @azure@cathode.church

Yeah, if a profile looks blank it often isn't, it's usually just someone who is new and their posts haven't federated to your server yet.

This is due to be fixed at some point with a feature that lets you load posts onto an apparently blank profile, but in the meantime you can check their "original page" as stated in the guide.