I’ve gone to grad and read people bragging about exactly that - it’s no joke, it’s 100% correct. Often the users themselves are very open about not only that but also about why they did it: “if you will block that entire instance then I must do this in order to still be able to talk to you” - translation: “look what you made me do”. Zero shame, zero accomodation as to consent.
I think it’s the same people across the triad, alts with different purposes - mask on, mask off, active trolling.
I’ve gone to grad and read people bragging about exactly that - it’s no joke, it’s 100% correct. Often the users themselves are very open about not only that but also about why they did it: “if you will block that entire instance then I must do this in order to still be able to talk to you” - translation: “look what you made me do”. Zero shame, zero accomodation as to consent.