Possible username abuse? (Resolved by lemm.ee admins Aug 29 2023)
Possible username abuse? (Resolved by lemm.ee admins Aug 29 2023)
Hey folks. A question for you.
I'm RickRussell_CA on lemmy.world, kbin.social, lemmy.ml, and beehaw.org.
When I saw that lemm.ee was coming up in the rankings, I decided that perhaps I should stake my claim here. But, as you may guess, there is already a RickRussell_CA on lemm.ee.
It's even using the profile picture that I had originally used on lemmy.world. It's made 1 comment (on a since deleted post) and no submissions.
I've used the "Forgot password" link and it's definitely not my account, as it doesn't recognize my email.
I understand that this is a risk under the Fediverse model, but I'm a bit worried that somebody staked this out as a way of impersonating me.
Is there any way to address this?
EDIT: lemm.ee admins saw this post, and banned the account. Thanks to them!
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this seems like a great way to get your username taken on a bunch of other instances too
5 0 ReplyI guess I asked for it.
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