stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoChinese sextortion scammers are flooding Twitterrestofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1227arrow-down1external-linkChinese sextortion scammers are flooding Twitterrestofworld.orgstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialworldnews@lemmy.ml
Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.
minus-squareJivebunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.theverge.com/23519279/mastodon-instance-follow-friend
minus-squareDreadPotatolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah Ive already done this, they don’t appear when searching…is this method only usable for the website version?
minus-squareJivebunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCan’t say that I know for sure, but could be that the app doesn’t support this (yet)?
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoI came find you like this from the Mastodon app. Yes, we can follow Lemmy users from Mastodon. Maybe the accounts you’re looking for are in defederated instances?
minus-squareDreadPotatolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo they should be on large federated instances too…but that is not my mastodon account, I have an account in a different instance for mastodon.
https://www.theverge.com/23519279/mastodon-instance-follow-friend
Yeah Ive already done this, they don’t appear when searching…is this method only usable for the website version?
Can’t say that I know for sure, but could be that the app doesn’t support this (yet)?
I came find you like this from the Mastodon app.
Yes, we can follow Lemmy users from Mastodon.
Maybe the accounts you’re looking for are in defederated instances?
No they should be on large federated instances too…but that is not my mastodon account, I have an account in a different instance for mastodon.