I had a couple of new followers in bluesky. A new follower DMed me. He asked how I was, I said I was good. Then he asked where I was from and when I said I prefer not to say, he said he understands and that he wanted to know more about me. I told him my interests and such and didn't give any important information about myself. He too told me about his hobbies. Then he asked about my location once again. When I declined once again he said that he understands "not being cool enough to say where you are from". That was an odd thing to say. I got creeped out and blocked him. Is this normal? Why would anyone want to know about each other's location?

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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    Yeah - back in the day A/S/L was asked so you had a rough idea of the type of person you were talking (typing) with…

    37/M/India v 15/F/US would give you a very rough idea of the demographic the other person belonged to - and might shape your conversation differently.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    and as internet lore of old says: that 15/F/US was either a 30 y/o living in their mum's basement or an FBI agent

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